Vulnerability · Published Nov 23, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-10869GuardGiant Brute Force Protection <= 2.2.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in WordPress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks from guardgiant. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The WordPress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg & remove_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
guardgiant	WordPress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks	0 – through 2.2.6

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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