What is CVE-2023-1861?

CVE-2023-1861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limit Login Attempts Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2023-1861?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-1861 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Limit Login Attempts Project

CVE-2023-1861

The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin through 1.7.2 does not sanitize and escape usernames when outputting them back in the logs dashboard, which could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.288 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Limit_login_attempts_project Limit_login_attempts
Unknown Limit Login Attempts — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1861?: CVE-2023-1861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limit Login Attempts Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2023-1861?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-1861 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.