CVE-2015-6829

Exp

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the getip function in wp-limit-login-attempts.php in the WP Limit Login Attempts plugin before 2.0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) X-Forwarded-For or (2) Client-IP HTTP header.

Published: 2015-09-16 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-6829 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.50%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-6829

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-6829

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-06-16 0.62% 0.50% -0.12%
2 2025-03-30 16.30% 0.62% -15.68%
3 2025-03-29 — 16.30% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-6829

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-6829

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-6829

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ciphercoin wp_limit_login_attempts <= 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ciphercoin:wp_limit_login_attempts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2015-6829

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