WordPress plugin · wp-limit-failed-login-attempts
Is Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) safe?
Safe on 5.6 or newer.
The current version, 5.6, is past every affected range on record (3 of 3 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 3
- High or critical
- 2
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 5.6
- Last updated
- Jun 15, 2025
- Active installs
- 200+
Every recorded flaw
- Dec 13, 2024Limit Login Attempts: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')CVE-2024-54234 · affects up to 5.5 · reported by PatchstackCritical 9.3
- Oct 8, 2024Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection): IP Address SpoofingCVE-2022-4534 · affects up to 5.3 · reported by WordfenceMedium 5.3
- Mar 28, 2022Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection): Does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via AJAX actions (available to unauthenticated users)CVE-2022-0787 · fixed in 5.1 · reported by WPScan7.5% oddsCritical 9.8
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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