Really Simple Security plugin for WordPress before 9.8.2 contains a missing authorization check vulnerability that allows authenticated low-privileged attackers to bypass enforced two-factor authentication indefinitely by exploiting an unguarded code path in the profile-page update handler. Attackers can submit a crafted POST request without the two-factor-authentication field to skip nonce verification and trigger delete_two_fa_meta(), which resets the grace period anchor timestamp on every login cycle, causing mandatory 2FA enforcement to be deferred indefinitely.
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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:30:00 +0000
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| Description | Really Simple Security plugin for WordPress before 9.8.2 contains a missing authorization check vulnerability that allows authenticated low-privileged attackers to bypass enforced two-factor authentication indefinitely by exploiting an unguarded code path in the profile-page update handler. Attackers can submit a crafted POST request without the two-factor-authentication field to skip nonce verification and trigger delete_two_fa_meta(), which resets the grace period anchor timestamp on every login cycle, causing mandatory 2FA enforcement to be deferred indefinitely. | |
| Title | Really Simple Security < 9.8.2 Authorization Bypass via profile-page update handler | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-14T19:02:05.279Z
Reserved: 2026-08-29T17:20:57.081Z
Link: CVE-2026-82519
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-09-14T19:17:51.183
Modified: 2026-09-14T21:07:11.883
Link: CVE-2026-82519
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Updated: 2026-09-15T12:15:08Z
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