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CVE-2020-27615

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 52.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-10-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Loginizer plugin before 1.6.4 for WordPress allows SQL injection (with resultant XSS), related to loginizer_login_failed and lz_valid_ip.

Affected products

• Softaculous Loginizer: before 1.6.4 — fixed in 1.6.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Softaculous Loginizer 1.6.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2401010/loginizer
• https://wpdeeply.com/loginizer-before-1-6-4-sqli-injection/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10441
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-deploys-forced-security-update-for-dangerous-bug-in-popular-plugin/
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2401010/loginizer
• https://wpdeeply.com/loginizer-before-1-6-4-sqli-injection/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10441
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-deploys-forced-security-update-for-dangerous-bug-in-popular-plugin/

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