CVE-2020-27615

critical

Description

The Loginizer plugin before 1.6.4 for WordPress allows SQL injection (with resultant XSS), related to loginizer_login_failed and lz_valid_ip.

From the Tenable Blog

CVE-2020-27615: SQL Injection Vulnerability in WordPress Loginizer Plugin Affected Over One Million Sites
CVE-2020-27615: SQL Injection Vulnerability in WordPress Loginizer Plugin Affected Over One Million Sites

Published: 2020-10-22

In a rare move, the WordPress Security Team forced a plugin update to over one million sites to address a vulnerability in a popular WordPress plugin used for brute force protection.

References

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-27615-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-wordpress-loginizer-plugin

https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-deploys-forced-security-update-for-dangerous-bug-in-popular-plugin/

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10441

https://wpdeeply.com/loginizer-before-1-6-4-sqli-injection/

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2401010/loginizer

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-10-21

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical