Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) < 5.1 - Unauthenticated SQLi
Published Mar 28, 2022
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 8.63%
Description
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
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) Defaultn/a
- Version 5.1StatusaffectedConstraints<5.1
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) | n/a |
|
- < 5.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (32 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 8.63% (0.08631) | 94.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.85% (0.08852) | 94.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 47.17% (0.47173) | 97.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 60.54% (0.60540) | 98.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 44.43% (0.44426) | 97.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 23, 2025 | 60.64% (0.60641) | 98.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 6, 2025 | 66.61% (0.66608) | 98.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 5, 2025 | 72.62% (0.72621) | 98.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 74.68% (0.74681) | 98.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 86.22% (0.86219) | 99.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 76.98% (0.76975) | 98.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 79.33% (0.79327) | 99.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 76.98% (0.76975) | 98.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 18, 2025 | 74.74% (0.74741) | 98.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 76.21% (0.76211) | 98.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 25, 2024 | 5.70% (0.05697) | 93.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.49% (0.07494) | 94.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.96% (0.04956) | 93.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 4.03% (0.04032) | 91.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 25, 2024 | 4.04% (0.04043) | 91.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.63% (0.03633) | 90.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | 5.06% (0.05057) | 92.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 19, 2023 | 3.03% (0.03032) | 89.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 18, 2023 | 3.20% (0.03202) | 90.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 8, 2023 | 0.25% (0.00249) | 62.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 0.23% (0.00227) | 59.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 4, 2023 | 0.16% (0.00160) | 51.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00120) | 44.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 29, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 11.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (1)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/69329a8a-2cbe-4f99-a367-b152bd85b3dd x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/69329a8a-2cbe-4f99-a367-b152bd85b3dd | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory |
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