Really Simple Security plugin for WordPress before 9.8.2 contains a missing authorization check vulnerability that allows authenticated low-privileged attackers to bypass enforced two-factor authenti…
Medium CVSS 4.3
Summary
Really Simple Security plugin for WordPress before 9.8.2 contains a missing authorization check vulnerability that allows authenticated low-privileged attackers to bypass enforced two-factor authentication indefinitely by exploiting an unguarded code path in the profile-page update handler. Attackers can submit a crafted POST request without the two-factor-authentication field to skip nonce verification and trigger delete_two_fa_meta(), which resets the grace period anchor timestamp on every lo…
In-depth triage
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Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-ssl/#developers
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/really-simple-security-authorization-bypass-via-profile-page-update-handler
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD