Security Ninja (Premium) < 5.290 - Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via secnin_skip_2fa
Priority HIGH 72CWE-287Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
The security-ninja-premium WordPress plugin before 5.290 does not verify the second authentication factor in one of its two-factor authentication code paths, allowing an unauthenticated attacker who knows a user's password to complete authentication without the one-time code and bypass enforced two-factor authentication for any account, including administrators. The affected two-factor module ships only in the premium build.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00531 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed security-ninja-premium (Unknown): 5.290
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | security-ninja-premium | before 5.290 | 5.290 | Patch available | CNA |
- security-ninja-premium VendorUnknown Affected before 5.290 Fixed in 5.290 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA security-ninja-premium (Unknown) Fixed in 5.290
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-14291
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8p8v-838m-f36p
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-14291 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-14291 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8p8v-838m-f36p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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