Limit Login Attempts Reloaded < 2.25.26 - Admin+ Missing Authorization to Toggle Plugin Auto-Update
Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Limit Login Attempts Reloaded WordPress plugin before 2.25.26 is missing authorization on the `toggle_auto_update` AJAX action, allowing any user with a valid nonce to toggle the auto-update status of the plugin.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00454 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Limit Login Attempts Reloaded (Unknown): 2.25.26
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- 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 | Limit Login Attempts Reloaded | before 2.25.26 | 2.25.26 | Patch available | CNA |
- Limit Login Attempts Reloaded VendorUnknown Affected before 2.25.26 Fixed in 2.25.26 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:limitloginattempts:limit_login_attempts_reloaded:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 2.25.26 | Vulnerable | Limitloginattempts |
- cpe:2.3:a:limitloginattempts:limit_login_attempts_reloaded:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.25.26 Vulnerable ·Limitloginattempts
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Limit Login Attempts Reloaded (Unknown) Fixed in 2.25.26
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5525
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xrp3-cvwg-fc64
References
More Limitloginattempts Limit Login Attempts Reloaded vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-18094 LimitLoginAttempts.php in the limit-login-attempts-reloaded plugin before 2.17.4 for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-06337 Limit Login Attempts Reloaded <= 2.25.26 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2020-18093 The limit-login-attempts-reloaded plugin before 2.17.4 for WordPress allows… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2023-5525 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-5525 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xrp3-cvwg-fc64 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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