Advanced IP Blocker Authentication Bypass via 2FA Login Handler
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
The Advanced IP Blocker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to and including 8.13.13 (CWE-287, CVSS 3.1 score 9.8, CRITICAL). handle_login_action() accepts a step-2 TOTP submission for a POSTed user_id without checking that step-1 password login was completed. An attacker who knows the user_id of a 2FA-enabled account can brute-force the unthrottled 6-digit TOTP code and receive a session cookie without the password, gaining full site takeover, including administrators.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The Advanced IP Blocker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 8.13.13 The vulnerability exists because `handle_login_action()` performs no server-side check — via transient, session marker, or equivalent — that a requester completed step-1 password authentication before processing a step-2 TOTP submission for the POSTed `user_id`; compounding this, an error branch in the function unconditionally mints a fresh `advaipbl-2fa-interim-{user_id}` nonce and delivers it in a `Location` header to any unauthenticated caller, after which `display_2fa_login_form_step_2()` renders a valid `advaipbl-2fa-verify-{user_id}` nonce in HTML — both nonces computed against a fixed `uid=0` empty-session context and therefore fully reusable by the attacker across subsequent requests. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication entirely for any 2FA-enabled account, including administrators, by brute-forcing an unthrottled 6-digit TOTP code (no attempt counter, no account lockout, and no `wp_login_failed` firing) and receiving a fully authenticated session cookie via `wp_set_auth_cookie` without ever supplying the account password, resulting in complete site takeover. Exploitation requires only a known `user_id` for an account that has the plugin's 2FA feature enabled.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version is listed for this plugin. Deactivate Advanced IP Blocker until the vendor, inilerm, publishes a fix, and review administrator accounts and active sessions for changes made while the plugin was exposed.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-10 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104732
- 2026-10-10 Alias added: GHSA-pw6h-rjh8-7grw
- 2026-10-11 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d080845b-6814-4b10-a3ab-1f5aa1d09132?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-ip-blocker/tags/8.13.13/includes/class-advaipbl-main.php#L6875
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-ip-blocker/tags/8.13.13/includes/class-advaipbl-main.php#L6912
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-ip-blocker/tags/8.13.13/includes/class-advaipbl-main.php#L7022
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-ip-blocker/tags/8.13.13/includes/class-advaipbl-2fa-manager.php#L71
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-ip-blocker/tags/8.13.13/includes/class-advaipbl-main.php#L519
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3725139/advanced-ip-blocker/trunk/includes/class-advaipbl-main.php
More IniLerm vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-30962 WordPress Advanced IP Blocker plugin <= 8.10.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-104732 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-104732 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pw6h-rjh8-7grw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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