CVE-2023-1861 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin through 1.7.2 does not sanitize and escape usernames when outputting them back in the logs dashboard, which could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Limit Login Attempts Project	Limit Login Attempts

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:limit_login_attempts_project:limit_login_attempts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/461cbcca-aed7-4c92-ba35-ebabf4fcd810

History

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-05-02T07:04:50.246Z

Updated: 2025-01-30T15:01:03.113Z

Reserved: 2023-04-05T07:37:34.049Z

Link: CVE-2023-1861

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:05:26.603Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-02T08:15:10.517

Modified: 2025-01-30T15:15:14.450

Link: CVE-2023-1861

Redhat

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