CVE-2022-1029

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)

• CVE ID
• CVE-2022-1029

• Assigner
• contact@wpscan.com

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2022-06-27T09:15:08

• Last Modified Date
• 2022-07-07T15:10:53

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• MEDIUM

• Authentication
• SINGLE

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Integrity Impact
• PARTIAL

• Availability Impact
• NONE

• Base Score
• 3.5

• Severity
• LOW

• Exploitability Score
• 6.8

• Impact Score
• 2.9

• Version
• 3.1

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

• Attack Vector
• NETWORK

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• HIGH

• User Interaction
• REQUIRED

• Scope
• CHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• LOW

• Availability Impact
• NONE

• Base Score
• 4.8

• Base Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 1.7

• Impact Score
• 2.7