CVE-2021-24657

MEDIUM NUCLEI

Limit Login Attempts < 4.0.50 - XSS

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Nuclei Templates (1)

Limit Login Attempts WordPress - Stored Cross-site Scripting

MEDIUMVERIFIEDby theamanrawat

References (1)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c789ca04-d88c-4789-8be1-812888f0c8f8

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0132

EPSS Percentile 79.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (1)

limit_login_attempts_project/limit_login_attempts < 4.0.50

Published Sep 20, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026