CVE-2024-10869: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in guardgiant WordPress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks
The WordPress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg & remove_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVE-2024-10869: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in guardgiant WordPress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks
Description
The WordPress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg & remove_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-11-05T15:11:08.178Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6e01b7ef31ef0b59354e
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:47:45 PM
Last updated: 2/26/2026, 11:17:49 AM
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