Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) <= 4.9.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2022-0787
CVSS	Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published	March 2, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Bugbang

Description

The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) WordPress plugin before 5.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via AJAX actions (available to unauthenticated users), leading to SQL Injections

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wp-limit-failed-login-attempts (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 4.9.1
Patched Version	5.1

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