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TI-2018-14338 Aliases CVE-2018-20231GHSA-8q45-26qh-9jxc

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:simbahosting:two-factor-authentication:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 1.3.13VulnerableSimbahosting
  • 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

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-20231
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8q45-26qh-9jxc

References

  • 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