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.
Published: 2026-09-14
Score: 2.3 Low
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T19:02:05.279Z

Reserved: 2026-08-29T17:20:57.081Z

Link: CVE-2026-82519

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-14T19:17:51.183

Modified: 2026-09-14T21:07:11.883

Link: CVE-2026-82519

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T01:15:10Z

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