Vulnerabilities and security researches forlimit-login-attempts limit-login-attempts

Jun 07, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2023-1861
Home page URL: Security reports for Limit Login Attempts
Application: Limit Login Attempts
Date: May 02, 2023
Research Description: The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin through 1.7.2 does not sanitize and escape usernames when outputting them back in the logs dashboard, which could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Affected versions: max 1.7.2.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2012-10001
Home page URL: Security reports for Limit Login Attempts
Application: Limit Login Attempts
Date: Jan 06, 2021
Research Description: 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.
Affected versions: max 1.7.1.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2023-1912
Home page URL: Security reports for Limit Login Attempts
Application: Limit Login Attempts
Date: Apr 06, 2023
Research Description: The Limit Login Attempts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via its lock logging feature in versions up to, and including, 1.7.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the plugin's settings page. This only works when the plugin prioritizes use of the X-FORWARDED-FOR header, which can be configured in its settings.
Affected versions: max 1.7.2.
Status: vulnerable

Aug 25, 2026

PSC, Research URL: PSC-2026-64690
Home page URL: Security reports for Limit Login Attempts
Application: Limit Login Attempts
Date: Aug 25, 2026
Research Description: Login protection plugins operate directly on authentication requests, retry counters, lockouts, cookies, client addresses, and administrative notifications. Limit Login Attempts version 1.7.2 has successfully completed the CleanTalk Plugin Security Certification process and received PSC-2026-64690, confirming that the review focused on retry tracking, IP handling, lockout enforcement, authentication cookie checks, configuration access, and safe logging of failed attempts.
Affected versions: Min 1.7.2, max 1.7.2.
Status: SAFE & CERTIFIED