CVE-2015-6829

WP Limit Login Attempts < 2.0.1 - SQL Injection

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

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

2.0.1

Patched in

3062d

Time to patch

Description

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the getip function in wp-limit-login-attempts.php in the WP Limit Login Attempts plugin before 2.0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) X-Forwarded-For or (2) Client-IP HTTP header.

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<2.0.1

PublishedSeptember 5, 2015

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwp-limit-login-attempts

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/db7234a1-e888-454d-8a1c-4de19c4cbec4?source=api-prod

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