CVE-2021-24657

6.1 mediumEPSS 1.6%

Medium (6.1) in limit login attempts project limit login attempts. EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 4.0.50 does not escape the IP addresses (which can be controlled by attacker via headers such as X-Forwarded-For) of attempted logins before outputting them in the reports table, leading to an Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.1 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 75% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2021-09-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

limit_login_attempts_project:limit_login_attempts

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c789ca04-d88c-4789-8be1-812888f0c8f8
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c789ca04-d88c-4789-8be1-812888f0c8f8

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