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TI-2023-05976 Aliases CVE-2023-6520GHSA-r4h6-6pm7-9q3g

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

Priority LOW 20CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00246 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MelapressWP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPressup to 2.5.0—No fix listedCNA
  • WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress VendorMelapress Affected up to 2.5.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:melapress:wp_2fa:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 2.6.0VulnerableMelapress
  • cpe:2.3:a:melapress:wp_2fa:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.6.0 Vulnerable ·Melapress

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6520
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r4h6-6pm7-9q3g

References

Patch 2

Other 1

  • TI-2022-21924 WordPress WP 2FA plugin <= 2.6.3 - Sensitive Data Exposure via Log File vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-21455 WordPress WP 2FA plugin <= 2.6.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2022-21931 WordPress WP2FA plugin <= 2.2.0 - Broken Authentication vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3

Sources

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