CVE-2022-1029

MediumCVSS 4.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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)

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Limit Login Attempts	>= 4.0.72, < 4.0.72

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0e74eeb4-89e2-4873-904f-ad4f25c4a8baExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0e74eeb4-89e2-4873-904f-ad4f25c4a8baExploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 27, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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