CVE-2020-35590 is a critical vulnerability affecting the Limit Login Attempts Reloaded plugin for WordPress versions prior to 2.17.4. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass rate limiting protections by forging the X-Forwarded-For header, enabling unlimited brute-force login attempts. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is severe, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.17.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:limitloginattempts:limit_login_attempts_reloaded:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.