CVE-2020-35590

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:limitloginattempts:limit_login_attempts_reloaded:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Information

Published : 2020-12-21 07:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 21:23


NVD link : CVE-2020-35590

Mitre link : CVE-2020-35590

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-35590


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Products Affected

limitloginattempts

  • limit_login_attempts_reloaded
CWE
CWE-307

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts