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CVE-2026-8293

HIGH Exploitation: PoC
7.5
CVSS 3.1
Description
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.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-8293
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Reserved
2026-05-11 08:12 UTC
Published
2026-06-02 06:00 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-02 10:39 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-287
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Vendor / Product
Unknown / Really Simple Security
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.5 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
PoC
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Unknown Really Simple Security 0 < 9.5.10.1
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
cna CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CWE-287 adp CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
7.5 HIGH 3.1 adp CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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