CVE-2012-10001
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 6, 2021 at 02:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLimit Login Attempts
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Limit Login Attempts· Limit Login Attempts Projectwordpress-plugin
95%v < 1.7.1
Affected range stops below 1.7.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts/#developersCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287
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