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 privileges to store malicious Javascript code leading to Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2.0

3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 56th percentile

Nuclei

medium · CWE-79

Published

2022-06-27

Updated

2024-08-02

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0e74eeb4-89e2-4873-904f-ad4f25c4a8ba

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-1029.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2022-1028
• CVE-2022-1031
• CVE-2022-1027
• CVE-2022-1032
• CVE-2022-1026
• CVE-2022-1033