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CVE-2021-24657 PoC — Limit Login Attempts < 4.0.50 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Source
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24657.yaml
Associated Vulnerability
Title:Limit Login Attempts < 4.0.50 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2021-24657)
Description:The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 4.0.50 does not escape the IP addresses (which can be controlled by attacker via headers such as X-Forwarded-For) of attempted logins before outputting them in the reports table, leading to an Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
Description
Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin < 4.0.50 contains a stored cross-site scripting caused by not escaping IP addresses controlled via headers like X-Forwarded-For before outputting them in reports, letting unauthenticated attackers execute scripts in admin context.
File Snapshot

 id: CVE-2021-24657

info:
  name: Limit Login Attempts WordPress - Stored Cross-site Scripting
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