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CVE-2023-1861: Limit Login Attempts < 1.7.2 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 28.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

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 products

• Limit Login Attempts: through 1.7.2

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/461cbcca-aed7-4c92-ba35-ebabf4fcd810
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/461cbcca-aed7-4c92-ba35-ebabf4fcd810

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