CVE-2026-18356Limit Login Attempts Reloaded < 3.3.5 - Username Denylist Bypass via Case Variant and Account Email
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The Limit Login Attempts Reloaded WordPress plugin before 3.3.5 does not compare logins against its username denylist case-insensitively and does not account for the account's email address, allowing an account an administrator intended to block from logging in to authenticate anyway.
- CVSS
- 3.7 LOW (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-184
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 21, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown Limit Login Attempts Security unknown:limit_login_attempts_security (from the name) | before 3.3.5 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fbcf5a9a-f204-49b8-aa80-748a8a7b5245/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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