WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Limit Login Attempts Reloaded < 3.4.1 - Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via Malformed X-Forwarded-For Header
Description
The plugin does not confirm that its two-factor authentication step succeeded before completing a login and treats a failure to build that step as success, so an attacker who holds a protected user's password can bypass the second factor by sending a request header that breaks the step.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
AUTHBYPASS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Naoki Kawahigashi
Submitter
Naoki Kawahigashi
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
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)