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CVE-2022-4533

Published: Sep 19, 2024

Modified: Apr 8, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.3

MEDIUM

Description

The Limit Login Attempts Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 1.1.0. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address or country from logging in.

VendorProductVersions

devfelixmoira

Limit Login Attempts Plus – WordPress Limit Login Attempts By Felix

affected
0 - <= 1.1.0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-348

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

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