🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2022-4533

MEDIUM 5.3

Limit Login Attempts Plus <= 1.1.0 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass

CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Limit Login Attempts Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 1.1.0. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address or country from logging in.

CWE CWE-348
Vendor devfelixmoira
Product limit login attempts plus – wordpress limit login attempts by felix
Published Sep 19, 2024
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

devfelixmoira / Limit Login Attempts Plus – WordPress Limit Login Attempts By Felix
0 ≤ 1.1.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aec7b59f-1c8a-4403-b33b-c119bd96ad9d?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/limit-login-attempts-plus/trunk/core/LimitLoginAttempts.php#L1043

Credits

Mohammadreza Rashidi