WP Limit Login Attempts Plugin up to 2.0.0 on WordPress HTTP Header wp-limit-login-attempts.php getip X-Forwarded-For/Client-IP sql injection

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in WP Limit Login Attempts Plugin up to 2.0.0 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getip of the file wp-limit-login-attempts.php of the component HTTP Header Handler. Such manipulation of the argument X-Forwarded-For/Client-IP leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-6829. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in WP Limit Login Attempts Plugin up to 2.0.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this issue is the function getip of the file wp-limit-login-attempts.php of the component HTTP Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument X-Forwarded-For/Client-IP with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the getip function in wp-limit-login-attempts.php in the WP Limit Login Attempts plugin before 2.0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) X-Forwarded-For or (2) Client-IP HTTP header.

The weakness was released 09/16/2015 (Website). The advisory is available at wpvulndb.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-6829 since 09/06/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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Upgrading to version 2.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• WP Limit Login Attempts Plugin

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• 2.0

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