WordPress plugin
Limit Login Attempts <= 1.7.0 — Brute Force Bypass
CVE-2012-10001Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.7.0Update to 1.7.1 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
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Limit Login Attempts limit-login-attempts
- Affected≤ 1.7.0
- Patched in1.7.1
Update to 1.7.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.7.0. Version 1.7.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Limit Login Attempts.
- 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 1.7.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Limit Login Attempts to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
The Limit Login Attempts plugin before 1.7.1 for WordPress does not clear auth cookies upon a lockout, which might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force authentication attempts.
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 Limit Login Attempts
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated(Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.7.1Update to 1.7.2 | CVE-2023-1861 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.7.1Update to 1.7.2 | CVE-2023-1912 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated(Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.7.1Update to 1.7.2
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.7.1Update to 1.7.2
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- 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.