Limit Login Attempts Plugin up to 4.0.71 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Limit Login Attempts Plugin up to 4.0.71 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-1029. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Limit Login Attempts Plugin up to 4.0.71 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

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)

The weakness was published 06/27/2022. The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-1029 since 03/18/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.0.72 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

Name

• Limit Login Attempts Plugin

Version

• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
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• 4.0.11
• 4.0.12
• 4.0.13
• 4.0.14
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• 4.0.64
• 4.0.65
• 4.0.66
• 4.0.67
• 4.0.68
• 4.0.69
• 4.0.70
• 4.0.71

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