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CVE-2015-6829

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

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.

Affected products

• WP Limit Login Attempts: through 2.0.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/06/3
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1239492/wp-limit-login-attempts
• https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-injection-vulnerability-9
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8178
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/06/3
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1239492/wp-limit-login-attempts
• https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-injection-vulnerability-9
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8178

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