CVE-2025-12628 (GCVE-0-2025-12628)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-24 12:58 – Updated: 2025-11-24 15:09
VLAI?
Title
WP 2FA < 3.0.0 - Second Factor Bypass
Summary
The WP 2FA WordPress plugin does not generate backup codes with enough entropy, which could allow attackers to bypass the second factor by brute forcing them
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5e2d033c-dde6-47… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown WP 2FA Affected: 0 , < 3.0.0 (semver)
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Credits
Benjamin Nadarević WPScan
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