Products
Limit Login Attempts Plus plugin for WordPress
- up to 1.1.0
Source
security@wordfence.com
Tags
CVE-2022-4533 details
Last Modified : Sept. 19, 2024, 4:15 a.m.
Description
The Limit Login Attempts Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 1.1.0. 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 header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address or country from logging in.
CVSS Score
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Weakness
Weakness | Name | Description |
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CWE-348 | Use of Less Trusted Source | The product has two different sources of the same data or information, but it uses the source that has less support for verification, is less trusted, or is less resistant to attack. |
CVSS Data
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Base Score
5.3
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
Base Severity
MEDIUM
Vector String : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
URL | Source |
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/limit-login-attempts-plus/trunk/core/LimitLoginAttempts.php#L1043 | security@wordfence.com |
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aec7b59f-1c8a-4403-b33b-c119bd96ad9d?source=cve | security@wordfence.com |