Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection): SQL injection
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) is affected by SQL injection. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection)
- Plugin slug
limit-login-attempts- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 28, 2022
This CVE was published Mar 28, 2022 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) 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 (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
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H