CVE-2018-20231 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2018-12-19

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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 vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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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.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00137.

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

No history.

Subscriptions

Simbahosting Two-factor-authentication

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-12-19T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:58:18.539Z

Reserved: 2018-12-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20231

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-19T11:29:02.310

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:01:07.927

Link: CVE-2018-20231

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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