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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-24 12:58 – Updated: 2025-11-24 15:09
VLAI?
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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