Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in the two-factor-authentication plugin before 1.3.13…
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in the two-factor-authentication plugin before 1.3.13 for WordPress allows remote attackers to disable 2FA via the tfa_enable_tfa parameter due to missing nonce validation.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01438 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:simbahosting:two-factor-authentication:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 1.3.13 | Vulnerable | Simbahosting |
- cpe:2.3:a:simbahosting:two-factor-authentication:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.3.13 Vulnerable ·Simbahosting
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-20231
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8q45-26qh-9jxc
References
More Simbahosting Two-factor-authentication vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-07732 The two-factor-authentication plugin before 1.1.10 for WordPress has XSS in the admin area. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2018-20231 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-20231 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8q45-26qh-9jxc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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