PT-2015-7381 · WordPress · Wp Limit Login Attempts

Sarciszewski + 1 · Published 2015-09-16 · Updated 2015-09-17 · CVE-2015-6829

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Limit Login Attempts plugin versions prior to 2.0.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This is achieved through SQL injection vulnerabilities in the getip function, specifically via the X-Forwarded-For or Client-IP HTTP headers.

Recommendations For WP Limit Login Attempts plugin versions prior to 2.0.1, update to version 2.0.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the getip function in wp-limit-login-attempts.php to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-6829

Affected Products

Wp Limit Login Attempts

References · 7

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/4 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/06/3 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-injection-vulnerability-9 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6829 · Security Note
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8178 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1239492/wp-limit-login-attempts · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6829 · Note