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CVE-2023-6272 (GCVE-0-2023-6272)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-18 20:07 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:28
VLAI
Title
Theme My Login 2FA < 1.2 - Lack of Rate Limiting
Summary
The Theme My Login 2FA WordPress plugin before 1.2 does not rate limit 2FA validation attempts, which may allow an attacker to brute-force all possibilities, which shouldn't be too long, as the 2FA codes are 6 digits.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a03243ea-fee7-46… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown tml-2fa Affected: 0 , < 1.2 (semver)
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Credits
Joost Grunwald WPScan
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