CVE-2022-0787

Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) <= 4.9.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

criticalImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

5.1

Patched in

692d

Time to patch

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

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=4.9.1

PublishedMarch 2, 2022

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwp-limit-failed-login-attempts

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/49ea8af1-7171-4498-bfb0-bb3cbd72e6f3?source=api-prod

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