CVE-2012-10001

published 2021-01-06

CVE-2012-10001: The Limit Login Attempts plugin before 1.7.1 for WordPress does not clear auth cookies upon a lockout, which might make it easier for remote attackers to…

Priority P3 53 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

The Limit Login Attempts plugin before 1.7.1 for WordPress does not clear auth cookies upon a lockout, which might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force authentication attempts.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
limit_login_attempts_project	limit_login_attempts	< 1.7.1	1.7.1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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