CVE-2015-6829
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the getip function in wp-limit-login-attempts.php in the WP Limit Login Attempts plugin before 2.0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) X-Forwarded-For or (2)…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the getip function in wp-limit-login-attempts.php in the WP Limit Login Attempts plugin before 2.0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) X-Forwarded-For or (2) Client-IP HTTP header.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.35% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- ciphercoin/wp limit login attempts
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/4Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/06/3Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1239492/wp-limit-login-attempts
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-injection-vulnerability-9Exploit
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8178
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/4Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/06/3Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1239492/wp-limit-login-attempts
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-injection-vulnerability-9Exploit
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8178
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.