TI-2022-00926 Aliases CVE-2022-1029 GHSA-5vgw-hh7v-325x

Limit Login Attempts < 4.0.72 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

LOW 24CWE-79Published 2022-06-27 · Updated 2024-08-02

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 4.0.72 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, leading to malicious users with administrator privileges to store malicious Javascript code leading to Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00887 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed Limit Login Attempts (Unknown): 4.0.72

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Unknown	Limit Login Attempts	4.0.72 to before 4.0.72	4.0.72	Patch available	CNA

Limit Login Attempts VendorUnknown Affected 4.0.72 to before 4.0.72 Fixed in 4.0.72 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:miniorange:limit_login_attempts::::::wordpress::*	before 4.0.72	Vulnerable	miniOrange

cpe:2.3:a:miniorange:limit_login_attempts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 4.0.72 Vulnerable ·miniOrange

Remediation

Fix · CNA Limit Login Attempts (Unknown) Fixed in 4.0.72

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-1029
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5vgw-hh7v-325x

References

Exploit 1

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0e74eeb4-89e2-4873-904f-ad4f25c4a8ba

Sources

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