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CVE-2018-20231 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://wordpress.org/plugins/two-factor-authentication/#developers CVEThird Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9187 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.privacy-wise.com/two-factor-authentication-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-cve-2018-20231/ CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/two-factor-authentication/#developers [email protected]Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9187 [email protected]Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
simbahosting two-factor-authentication
< 1.3.13

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:simbahosting:two-factor-authentication:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-20231
NVD Published Date:
Dec 19, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-20231 Details - Not Deferred