WordPress Limit Login Attempts Reloaded plugin <= 2.17.3 - Login Rate Limiting Bypass vulnerability - Patchstack

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WordPress Limit Login Attempts Reloaded plugin <= 2.17.3 - Login Rate Limiting Bypass vulnerability

limit-login-attempts-reloaded

Software

Limit Login Attempts Reloaded

Versions

<= 2.17.3

Disclosure date

2020-12-21

CVE

CVE- 2020-35590

References

Vulnerability details
Plugin changelog

Credits

n4nj0

Classification

Bypass Vulnerability

OWASP Top 10

A5: Security Misconfiguration

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Details

Login Rate Limiting Bypass vulnerability found by n4nj0 in WordPress Limit Login Attempts Reloaded plugin (versions <= 2.17.3).

Solution

Update the WordPress Limit Login Attempts Reloaded plugin to the latest available version (at least 2.17.4).

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