Exploitation Summary
CVE-2022-0787 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.
Description
The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) WordPress plugin before 5.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via AJAX actions (available to unauthenticated users), leading to SQL Injections
Nuclei Templates (1)
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) < 5.1 - SQL Injection
CRITICALVERIFIEDby theamanrawat
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/69329a8a-2cbe-4f99-a367-b152bd85b3dd
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0885
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-89
Status
published
Products (1)
limit_login_attempts_project/limit_login_attempts
< 5.1
Published
Mar 28, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026