WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Limit Login Attempts Reloaded 3.0.0 - 3.4.0 - Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via XML-RPC

Description

The plugin does not enforce its two-factor authentication on every password-authentication route, so an attacker who already knows a protected user's password can authenticate through an alternative login interface and obtain that user's access without completing the second factor.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

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Classification

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Original Researcher
Qi Qin
Submitter
Qi Qin
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Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-11-06 (about 3 days ago)
Added
2026-11-06 (about 2 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-06 (about 2 days ago)

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