Security Ninja (Premium) <= 5.289 - 2-Factor Authentication Bypass

2026-07-02 00:00

Adam Clinch

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.290

Affected Pluginsecurity-ninja-premium

Affected Version<= 5.289

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2026-14291

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Vulnerability Overview

The security-ninja-premium plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to 2-Factor Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.289. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the second factor of authentication.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.290, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14291 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/63530cc4-aa9e-4b7a-b320-519028dec540

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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