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CVE-2018-20231

HIGH 8.8 CVSS 3.0
Published
December 19, 2018
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
cve@mitre.org
Weakness
CWE-352
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Affected WordPress components

  • Two Factor Authentication Plugin · two-factor-authentication
    Confirmed match Active
    Versions not specified; Before 1.3.13
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • n/a n/a — Versions not specified
  • simbahosting two-factor-authentication — Before 1.3.13

References

  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/two-factor-authentication/#developers Third Party Advisory
  • wpvulndb.com https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9187 Third Party Advisory
  • www.privacy-wise.com https://www.privacy-wise.com/two-factor-authentication-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-cve-2018-20231/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record