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

2025-11-03 00:00

Benjamin Nadarević

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.0.0

Affected PluginWP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress

Affected Version<= 2.9.3

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2025-12628

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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

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.0.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: 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.

External References

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

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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