CVE-2023-1912 HIGH

CVE-2023-1912: Limit Login Attempts <= 1.7.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vendor Automattic
Product Limit Login Attempts
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published April 6, 2023
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

7.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Limit Login Attempts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via its lock logging feature in versions up to, and including, 1.7.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the plugin's settings page. This only works when the plugin prioritizes use of the X-FORWARDED-FOR header, which can be configured in its settings.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 6, 2023 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated

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