Limit Login Attempts Reloaded: A security weakness
Limit Login Attempts Reloaded is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Limit Login Attempts Reloaded
- Plugin slug
limit-login-attempts-reloaded- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 27, 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Nov 27, 2023 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Limit Login Attempts Reloaded to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Limit Login Attempts Reloaded WordPress plugin before 2.25.26 is missing authorization on the `toggle_auto_update` AJAX action, allowing any user with a valid nonce to toggle the auto-update status of the plugin.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N