CVE-2012-10001: Limit Login Attempts Project Limit Login Attempts

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Limit Login Attempts plugin before 1.7.1 for WordPress does not clear auth cookies upon a lockout, which might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force authentication attempts.

Affected products

• Limit Login Attempts Project Limit Login Attempts: before 1.7.1 (fixed in 1.7.1)

Published 2021-01-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.