CVE-2023-5525
Limit Login Attempts Reloaded < 2.25.26 - Admin+ Missing Authorization to Toggle Plugin Auto-Update
The Limit Login Attempts Reloaded WordPress plugin before 2.25.26 is missing authorization on the toggle_auto_update AJAX action, allowing any user with a valid nonce to toggle the auto-update status of the plugin.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Limit Login Attempts Reloaded WordPress plugin before 2.25.26 is missing authorization on the toggle_auto_update AJAX action, allowing any user with a valid nonce to toggle the auto-update status of the plugin.
- Record
CVE-2023-5525- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Limit Login Attempts Reloaded < 2.25.26 - Admin+ Missing Authorization to Toggle Plugin Auto-Update
The Limit Login Attempts Reloaded WordPress plugin before 2.25.26 is missing authorization on the toggle_auto_update AJAX action, allowing any user with a valid nonce to toggle the auto-update status of the plugin.
- Record
CVE-2023-5525- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-57838
The Limit Login Attempts Reloaded WordPress plugin before 2.25.26 is missing authorization on the toggle_auto_update AJAX action, allowing any user with a valid nonce to toggle the auto-update status of the plugin.
- Record
EUVD-2023-57838- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xrp3-cvwg-fc64
The Limit Login Attempts Reloaded WordPress plugin before 2.25.26 is missing authorization on the...
The Limit Login Attempts Reloaded WordPress plugin before 2.25.26 is missing authorization on the toggle_auto_update AJAX action, allowing any user with a valid nonce to toggle the auto-update status of the plugin.
- Record
GHSA-xrp3-cvwg-fc64- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-5525 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Limitloginattempts Limit Login Attempts Reloaded, published November 27, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.