CVE-2018-20231

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Published Dec 19, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 8.8 High EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed

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 Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-12797	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.4% (1.438% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wordpress.org/plugins/two-factor-authentication/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9187
https://www.privacy-wise.com/two-factor-authentication-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-cve-2018-20231/

History

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Subscriptions

Simbahosting Two-factor-authentication

Weaknesses

CWE-352

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 11:58 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 19, 2018, 11:00 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 11:58 AM
Reserved: Dec 19, 2018, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:52 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 19, 2018, 11:29 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:52 AM

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