WP Limit Login Attempts <= 2.6.4 - IP Spoofing
Priority HIGH 72CWE-290Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-290.
Summary
The WP Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin through 2.6.4 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass IP-based restrictions on login forms.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00711 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP Limit Login Attempts | up to 2.6.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- WP Limit Login Attempts VendorUnknown Affected up to 2.6.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ciphercoin:wp_limit_login_attempts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 2.6.4 | Vulnerable | CipherCoin |
- cpe:2.3:a:ciphercoin:wp_limit_login_attempts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 2.6.4 Vulnerable ·CipherCoin
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4303
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mpvm-97hc-j3fx
References
More CipherCoin Wp Limit Login Attempts vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-05728 Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the getip function in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2022-4303 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4303 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mpvm-97hc-j3fx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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