MinorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-118202 (CVSS 7.5)

NVD · officialPublished Nov 9, 2026Risk 23/100EPSS 0.2%

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.

Technical details

CVSS

7.5

AV:NetworkAC:HighPR:LowUI:NoneC:HighI:HighA:High

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