Description
The WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the send_backup_codes_email function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send emails with arbitrary content to registered users via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator or other registered user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. While a nonce check is present, it is only executed if a nonce is set. By omitting a nonce from the request, the check can be bypassed.
Published: 2024-01-11
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-58751 The WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the send_backup_codes_email function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send emails with arbitrary content to registered users via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator or other registered user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. While a nonce check is present, it is only executed if a nonce is set. By omitting a nonce from the request, the check can be bypassed.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress <= 2.5.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Melapress Wp 2fa
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:34:47.066Z

Reserved: 2023-12-05T12:38:30.011Z

Link: CVE-2023-6520

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:35:14.473Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-11T07:15:09.070

Modified: 2026-04-08T17:17:13.917

Link: CVE-2023-6520

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses