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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2023-6520 EUVD-2023-58751GHSA-r4h6-6pm7-9q3g

WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress <= 2.5.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Published Jan 11, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

The WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the send_backup_codes_email function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send emails with arbitrary content to registered users via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator or other registered user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. While a nonce check is present, it is only executed if a nonce is set. By omitting a nonce from the request, the check can be bypassed.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
melapress WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress ≤ 2.5.0 —

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