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Wp Limit Failed Login Attempts Vulnerabilities

5 known security issues reported for the Wp Limit Failed Login Attempts WordPress plugin. Most recent disclosed Dec 5, 2024.

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Limit Login Attempts <= 5.5 - Unauthenticated SQL Injeciton

high

The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in all versions up to, and including, 5.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Adm...

CVSS:
7.5
Affected:
up to 5.5
Fixed in:
5.6
Disclosed:
Dec 5, 2024

CVE-2024-54234 on NVD →

Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) <= 5.3 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass

medium

The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.3. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For...

CVSS:
5.3
Affected:
up to 5.3
Fixed in:
5.4
Disclosed:
Oct 7, 2024

CVE-2022-4534 on NVD →

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

critical

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

CVSS:
9.8
Affected:
up to 4.9.1
Fixed in:
5.1
Disclosed:
Mar 2, 2022

CVE-2022-0787 on NVD →

Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) <= 2.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

high

The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to in...

CVSS:
8.8
Affected:
up to 2.9
Fixed in:
3.1
Disclosed:
Apr 22, 2021

Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) <= 2.8 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

high

Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the Login Protection - Limit Failed Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 2.9, to install any plugin (including a specific version) from the WordPress repository, as well as activate arbitrary plugin from the blog, which helps at...

CVSS:
8.8
Affected:
up to 2.9
Fixed in:
2.9
Disclosed:
Apr 22, 2021

CVE-2021-24194 on NVD →

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