WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP 2FA < 2.3.0 - Time-Based Side-Channel Attack

Description

The plugin uses comparison operators that don't mitigate time-based attacks, which could be abused to leak information about the authentication codes being compared.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.3.0

References

Classification

Type
SENSITIVE DATA DISCLOSURE
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Calvin Alkan
Submitter
Calvin
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-09-14 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-09-14 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-09-14 (about 1 years ago)

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