# CVE-2020-27615: The Loginizer plugin before 1.6.4 for WordPress allows SQL injection (with resultant XSS), related to loginizer\_login\_failed and lz\_valid\_ip

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2020-10-21 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Loginizer plugin before 1.6.4 for WordPress allows SQL injection (with resultant XSS), related to loginizer_login_failed and lz_valid_ip.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10441
- https://wpdeeply.com/loginizer-before-1-6-4-sqli-injection/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2401010/loginizer
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-deploys-forced-security-update-for-dangerous-bug-in-popular-plugin/
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_loginizer_log_sqli.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-27615.yaml

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