CVE-2022-1029
low-risk
Published 2022-06-27
The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 4.0.72 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, leading to malicious users with administrator privileges to store malicious Javascript code leading to Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Do I need to act?
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0.46% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.8/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Limit Login Attempts
Affected Vendors
26
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
19/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
2/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal