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CVE-2023-6272

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

The Theme My Login 2FA WordPress plugin before 1.2 does not rate limit 2FA validation attempts, which may allow an attacker to brute-force all possibilities, which shouldn't be too long, as the 2FA codes are 6 digits.

How to fix

Remediation Available
2faNVD
Affected:< 1.2Fixed in:1.2CVE-2023-6272derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.89%probability of exploitation in 30 days
55thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 55% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

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