The Limit Login Attempts Security WordPress plugin before 3.4.1 does not confirm that its two-factor authentication step succeeded before completing a login and treats a failure to build that step as success, so an attacker who holds a protected user's password can bypass the second factor by sending a request header that breaks the step.
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-287

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Limit Login Attempts Security WordPress plugin before 3.4.1 does not confirm that its two-factor authentication step succeeded before completing a login and treats a failure to build that step as success, so an attacker who holds a protected user's password can bypass the second factor by sending a request header that breaks the step.
Title Limit Login Attempts Reloaded < 3.4.1 - Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via Malformed X-Forwarded-For Header
References

Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-09T06:00:26.954Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T19:04:29.501Z

Link: CVE-2026-118202

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-09T07:17:28.490

Modified: 2026-11-09T07:17:28.490

Link: CVE-2026-118202

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-09T07:30:06Z

Weaknesses