PT-2024-16602 · WordPress · Wordpress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks
Peter Thaleikis
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Published
2024-11-22
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Updated
2024-11-23
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CVE-2024-10869
CVSS v3.1
6.1
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
WordPress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.2.6
Description
The issue is related to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of
add query arg and remove query arg without proper escaping on the URL. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.Recommendations
For WordPress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.2.6, update to a version higher than 2.2.6 to resolve the issue.
As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the plugin's functionality until a patch is available.
Fix
XSS
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Wordpress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks