WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Limit Login Attempts Reloaded < 3.4.1 - Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via Malformed X-Forwarded-For Header

Description

The plugin does not confirm that its two-factor authentication step succeeded before completing a login and treats a failure to build that step as success, so an attacker who holds a protected user's password can bypass the second factor by sending a request header that breaks the step.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

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Original Researcher
Naoki Kawahigashi
Submitter
Naoki Kawahigashi
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-11-06 (about 3 days ago)
Added
2026-11-06 (about 2 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-06 (about 2 days ago)

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