WPS Limit Login < 1.4.6.1 — Authorization Bypass via IP Spoofing
5e0ce0dc-34eb-4577-82a5-8ed822847ff4Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <1.4.6.1Update to 1.4.6.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
WPS Limit Login wps-limit-login
- Affected< 1.4.6.1
- Patched in1.4.6.1
Update to 1.4.6.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 1.4.6.1. Version 1.4.6.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WPS Limit Login.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.4.6.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WPS Limit Login to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Julio Potier.
The WPS Limit Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.4.6. This is due to flawed implementation of the get_address() method. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to run automated scripts to brute force passwords by changing the supplied IP Address in the HTTP header of the request. .
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in WPS Limit Login
All 4| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.5.9.3Update to 1.5.9.4 | CVE-2026-93622 | |
| High7.2 | Stored Cross-Site Scripting <1.4.6.1Update to 1.4.6.1 | — | |
| High8.8 | Cross-Site Request Forgery <1.4.6.1Update to 1.4.6.1 | — |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.5.9.3Update to 1.5.9.4
- High7.2Stored Cross-Site Scripting
<1.4.6.1Update to 1.4.6.1
- High8.8Cross-Site Request Forgery
<1.4.6.1Update to 1.4.6.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.