CVE-2025-12628

WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress <= 2.9.3 - 2-Factor Authentication Bypass

2025-11-03 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 3.0.0
Affected Plugin: WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress
Affected Version: <= 2.9.3
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
CVE: CVE-2025-12628

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At a glance

CVE-2025-12628 is a medium-severity Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in the WP 2FA WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.9.3. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.0.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2025, reported by Benjamin Nadarević.

Vulnerability Overview

The WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to 2FA bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass 2FA protection. Please note Wordfence does not consider this a security vulnerability and previously rejected assigning a CVE ID to this issue. This is being included for informational purposes.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure

The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

Remediation

Update to version 3.0.0, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: WP 2FA 3.0.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12628 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50d7edfe-3b87-428b-b774-f414a684c8e9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12628

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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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