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 X-Forwarded-For) of attempted logins before outputting them in the reports table, leading to an Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

CVSS v3.1

6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 74th percentile

Nuclei

medium · CWE-79

Published

2021-09-20

Updated

2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c789ca04-d88c-4789-8be1-812888f0c8f8

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24657.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-24656
• CVE-2021-24658
• CVE-2021-24655
• CVE-2021-24662
• CVE-2021-24654
• CVE-2021-24663