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CVE-2012-10001

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-01-06 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

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 products

• Limit Login Attempts: before 1.7.1 — fixed in 1.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Limit Login Attempts 1.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts/#developers
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts/#developers

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