CVE-2023-1861

5.4 mediumEPSS 29%

Medium (5.4) in limit login attempts project limit login attempts. EPSS 29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

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

EPSS: 29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2023-05-02
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/461cbcca-aed7-4c92-ba35-ebabf4fcd810
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/461cbcca-aed7-4c92-ba35-ebabf4fcd810

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