CVE-2026-8293Really Simple Security < 9.5.10.1 - Authentication Bypass via Two-Factor OTP Skip
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The Really Simple Security WordPress plugin before 9.5.10.1 does not enforce the second-factor challenge in two of its two-factor authentication REST endpoints, allowing an attacker who knows a user's password to obtain a WordPress authentication session for that user without completing the email OTP challenge.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jun 2, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown Really Simple Security unknown:really_simple_security (from the name) | before 9.5.10.1 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1de69ef9-6226-4292-8e36-b331a37f043e/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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