# Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection)

> Limit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Fully customizable.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `wp-limit-failed-login-attempts`
- Author: wp-buy
- Version: 5.6
- Active installs: 200+
- Last update: 2025-06-15 (17 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 6.8.12 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 4.6, PHP 7.2
- Tags: anti-spam, firewall, Login Attempts, protection, security
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-limit-failed-login-attempts/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- FLAG: Not updated in over a year (last update 2025-06-15).
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 6.8.12).
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Leaky ↔ Spam-proof, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Phones home ↔ Private, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Pushy ↔ Fair, Paywalled ↔ Generous.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2024-12-05 HIGH: Unauthenticated SQL Injeciton (up to 5.5). CVE-2024-54234, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/60e2f3d3-c9f0-4d06-960a-6d796a280433?source=api-prod
- 2024-10-07 MEDIUM: IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass (up to 5.3). CVE-2022-4534, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/561ec1b2-ee26-4e0c-b437-d70b04be5b4c?source=api-prod
- 2022-03-02 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated SQL Injection (up to 4.9.1). CVE-2022-0787, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/49ea8af1-7171-4498-bfb0-bb3cbd72e6f3?source=api-prod
- 2021-04-22 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation (up to 2.9). WF-7d525c50-5911-4be6-a860-b48db619adba, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7d525c50-5911-4be6-a860-b48db619adba?source=api-prod
- 2021-04-22 HIGH: Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation (before 2.9). CVE-2021-24194, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/da24aad2-ae6b-411e-a229-0df585215731?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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