CVE-2022-1029: The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 4.0.72 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, leading to malicious users with administrator…

PriorityP422medium4.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRHUIRSCCLILAN

EXPLOIT

EPSS

0.85%

53.5th percentile

The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 4.0.72 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, leading to malicious users with administrator privileges to store malicious Javascript code leading to Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
miniorange	limit_login_attempts	< 4.0.72	4.0.72

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.14.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvdv2.03.5LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

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