CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-35589

5.4 MEDIUM Published 2020-12-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-12-21
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79

Description

The limit-login-attempts-reloaded plugin before 2.17.4 for WordPress allows wp-admin/options-general.php?page=limit-login-attempts&tab= XSS. A malicious user can cause an administrator user to supply dangerous content to the vulnerable page, which is then reflected back to the user and executed by the web browser. The most common mechanism for delivering malicious content is to include it as a parameter in a URL that is posted publicly or e-mailed directly to victims.

Affected configurations

• limitloginattempts limit login attempts reloaded (< 2.17.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References