CVE-2012-10001 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Limit Login Attempts plugin before 1.7.1 for WordPress does not clear auth cookies upon a lockout, which might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force authentication attempts.

Published: 2021-01-06

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:limit_login_attempts_project:limit_login_attempts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-1023	The Limit Login Attempts plugin before 1.7.1 for WordPress does not clear auth cookies upon a lockout, which might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force authentication attempts.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00771.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts/#developers

History

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Subscriptions

Limit Login Attempts Project Limit Login Attempts

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-01-06T14:40:28.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:36:01.975Z

Reserved: 2021-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-10001

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-06T15:15:13.710

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:36:07.500

Link: CVE-2012-10001

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-287

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