Google Authenticator <= 0.47 - Improper Authentication

Improper Authentication

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE	Not available
CVSS	Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published	April 28, 2016
Last Updated	January 22, 2024

Description

The Google Authenticator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass due to a missing capability check on the 'google-authenticator/trunk/google-authenticator.php' file in versions up to, and including, 0.47. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to bypass 2FA when logging in with an email address and valid password.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	google-authenticator (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 0.47
Patched Version	0.48

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