CVE-2022-4303

HIGH 7.5CVE-2022-4303 · Published 23/01/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-4303 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting wp limit login attempts (ciphercoin).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.71%, higher than 53.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wp limit login attempts ciphercoin	`≤ 2.6.4`	No fix yet

Description

The WP Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin through 2.6.4 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass IP-based restrictions on login forms.

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/8428a5e1-dbef-4516-983f-f95605c6dd09 · Exploit

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