CVE-2022-0787
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) < 5.1 - Unauthenticated SQLi
The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) WordPress plugin before 5.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via AJAX actions (available to unauthenticated users), leading to SQL Injections
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) WordPress plugin before 5.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via AJAX actions (available to unauthenticated users), leading to SQL Injections
- Record
CVE-2022-0787- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) < 5.1 - Unauthenticated SQLi
The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) WordPress plugin before 5.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via AJAX actions (available to unauthenticated users), leading to SQL Injections
- Record
CVE-2022-0787- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-15839 No score
The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) WordPress plugin before 5.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via AJAX actions (available to unauthenticated users), leading to SQL Injections
- Record
EUVD-2022-15839- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mv3w-5q88-w6jv
The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) WordPress plugin before 5.1 does not sanitise and...
The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) WordPress plugin before 5.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via AJAX actions (available to unauthenticated users), leading to SQL Injections
- Record
GHSA-mv3w-5q88-w6jv- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) < 5.1 - SQL Injection |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-0787 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Limit Login Attempts Project Login Attempts, published March 28, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.52%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.