CVE-2024-1340: Login Lockdown & Protection (WordPress plugin) · Missing Authorization
Affects Login Lockdown & Protection (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.4 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 32% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 20 Feb 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| webfactory Login Lockdown & Protection | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until an official fix is available, restrict subscriber-level access and higher to trusted users only. Monitor plugin updates from webfactory for a security patch addressing this missing authorization vulnerability.
Description
The Login Lockdown – Protect Login Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the generate_export_file function in all versions up to, and including, 2.08. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and higher, to export this plugin's settings that include whitelisted IP addresses as well as a global unlock key. With the global unlock key an attacker can add their IP address to the whitelist.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/34021007-b5d3-479b-a0d4-50e301f22c9c?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/login-lockdown/trunk/libs/functions.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3033542%40login-lockdown%2Ftrunk&old=3027788%40login-lockdown%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= (opens in a new tab)