CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-10001

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2021-01-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-01-06
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

The Limit Login Attempts plugin before 1.7.1 for WordPress does not clear auth cookies upon a lockout, which might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force authentication attempts.

Affected configurations

• limit login attempts project limit login attempts (< 1.7.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References