LimitLoginAttempts.php in the limit-login-attempts-reloaded plugin before 2.17.4 for WordPress allows a bypass of (per IP address) rate limits because the X-Forwarded-For header can be forged. When the plugin is configured to accept an arbitrary header for the client source IP address, a malicious user is not limited to perform a brute force attack, because the client IP header accepts any arbitrary string. When randomizing the header input, the login count does not ever reach the maximum allowed retries.
References
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https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-limit-login-attempts-reloaded/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts-reloaded/#developers | Product Third Party Advisory |
https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-limit-login-attempts-reloaded/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts-reloaded/#developers | Product Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
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History
21 Nov 2024, 05:27
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References | () https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-limit-login-attempts-reloaded/ - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts-reloaded/#developers - Product, Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2020-12-21 07:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 05:27
NVD link : CVE-2020-35590
Mitre link : CVE-2020-35590
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-35590
JSON object : View
Products Affected
limitloginattempts
- limit_login_attempts_reloaded
CWE
CWE-307
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts