Vulnerability CVE-2012-10001


Published: 2021-01-06

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.

Type:

CWE-287

(Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Limit login attempts project -> Limit login attempts 

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

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