CVE-2021-24657: The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 4.0.50 does not escape the IP addresses (which can be controlled by attacker via headers such as…

PriorityP337medium6.1CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN

EXPLOIT

EPSS

1.57%

72.3th percentile

The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 4.0.50 does not escape the IP addresses (which can be controlled by attacker via headers such as X-Forwarded-For) of attempted logins before outputting them in the reports table, leading to an Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
limit_login_attempts_project	limit_login_attempts	< 4.0.50	4.0.50

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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