Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-1861
Potential exploit
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
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2023-1861
- Limit Login Attempts Project » Limit Login Attempts » For WordpressVersions up to, including, (<=) 1.7.2cpe:2.3:a:limit_login_attempts_project:limit_login_attempts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-1861
0.05%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 25 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-1861
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.4
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.3
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2.7
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134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | 2025-01-31 |
5.4
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.3
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2.7
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-1861
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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.Assigned by:
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
- contact@wpscan.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2023-1861
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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/461cbcca-aed7-4c92-ba35-ebabf4fcd810
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