CVE-2015-6829 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the getip function in wp-limit-login-attempts.php in the WP Limit Login Attempts plugin before 2.0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) X-Forwarded-For or (2) Client-IP HTTP header.

Published: 2015-09-16

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ciphercoin:wp_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-2015-6766	Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the getip function in wp-limit-login-attempts.php in the WP Limit Login Attempts plugin before 2.0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) X-Forwarded-For or (2) Client-IP HTTP header.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00498.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/06/3
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1239492/wp-limit-login-attempts
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-injection-vulnerability-9
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8178

History

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Subscriptions

Ciphercoin Wp Limit Login Attempts

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-09-16T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:36:33.254Z

Reserved: 2015-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6829

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-09-16T14:59:05.463

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-6829

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-89

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