What is CVE-2022-0787?

CVE-2022-0787 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Limit Login Attempts Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-03-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-0787?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0787 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Limit Login Attempts Project

CVE-2022-0787

The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) WordPress plugin before 5.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via AJAX actions (available to unauthenticated users), leading to SQL Injections

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2022-03-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.086 (94.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.086 · newest: 0.086 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Limit Login Attempts Project
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) — versions 5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/69329a8a-2cbe-4f99-a367-b152bd85b3dd (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0787?: CVE-2022-0787 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Limit Login Attempts Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-03-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-0787?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0787 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.