WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress <= 2.1.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference

5.4
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published April 13, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Maycon Vitali

Description

The WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress plugin for WordPress make it possible for attackers to disable other user's 2FA settings in versions up to, and including, 2.1.0.

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Vulnerability Details for WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-2fa (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.2.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.0
Patched Version
  • 2.2.0

Recent vulnerabilities in WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 2FA <= 4.0.0 - Two-Factor Authentication Bypass CVE-2026-15372 4.3 Jakub Herman July 29, 2026
2 WP 2FA <= 3.1.1.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Account Takeover CVE-2026-12988 4.3 Janger June 23, 2026
3 WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress <= 2.9.3 - 2-Factor Authentication Bypass CVE-2025-12628 5.3 Benjamin Nadarević November 3, 2025
4 WP 2FA <= 2.6.3 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure via Log File CVE-2022-44587 5.3 Snicco June 20, 2024
5 WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress <= 2.6.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2024-32568 6.1 Rafie Muhammad April 16, 2024
6 WP 2FA <= 2.5.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Email Sending CVE-2023-6506 4.3 Ulyses Saicha January 2, 2024
7 WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress <= 2.5.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVE-2023-6520 4.3 Ulyses Saicha January 2, 2024
8 WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress <= 2.2.0 - Missing Authorization CVE-2022-44595 4.3 Calvin Alkan December 7, 2022
9 WP 2FA <= 2.2.1 - Time-Based TOTP attack to Sensitive Information Exposure CVE-2022-2891 5.3 Calvin Alkan September 14, 2022
10 WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress <= 2.2.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2022-1527 6.1 Utkarsh Agrawal May 6, 2022

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