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FKIE_CVE-2026-8293

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-02 07:16 - Updated: 2026-07-22 19:10
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The Really Simple Security WordPress plugin before 9.5.10.1 does not enforce the second-factor challenge in two of its two-factor authentication REST endpoints, allowing an attacker who knows a user's password to obtain a WordPress authentication session for that user without completing the email OTP challenge.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1de69ef9-6226-4292-8e36-b331a37f043e/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-07-22T19:10:00.120",
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