{
    "id": "CVE-2020-35590",
    "published": "2020-12-21 07:15:14",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 03:13:59",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-307",
    "description": "LimitLoginAttempts.php in the limit-login-attempts-reloaded plugin before 2.17.4 for WordPress allows a bypass of (per IP address) rate limits because the X-Forwarded-For header can be forged. When the plugin is configured to accept an arbitrary header for the client source IP address, a malicious user is not limited to perform a brute force attack, because the client IP header accepts any arbitrary string. When randomizing the header input, the login count does not ever reach the maximum allowed retries.",
    "epss_score": "0.04348",
    "epss_percentile": "0.90969",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-08 18:17:25",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "limitloginattempts",
            "product": "limit_login_attempts_reloaded"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-limit-login-attempts-reloaded/",
        "https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts-reloaded/#developers",
        "https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-limit-login-attempts-reloaded/",
        "https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts-reloaded/#developers"
    ]
}