CVE-2023-1861

2023-05-0208:15:10

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web.nvd.nist.gov

nvd

cve-2023-1861

wordpress

plugin

xss

vulnerability

CVSS3

5.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

5.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

23.5%

JSON

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

Affected configurations

Nvd

Vulners

Node

limit_login_attempts_projectlimit_login_attemptsRange≤1.7.2wordpress

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

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
limit_login_attempts_project	limit_login_attempts	*	cpe:2.3:a:limit_login_attempts_project:limit_login_attempts::::::wordpress::*

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Unknown",
    "product": "Limit Login Attempts",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "1.7.2"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "collectionURL": "https://wordpress.org/plugins"
  }
]