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GHSA-36QH-HPMX-M9CV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-13 06:33 – Updated: 2026-09-13 06:33

Details

The Really Simple Security WordPress plugin before 9.8.1 does not prevent an unauthenticated request from resetting an account's completed email two-factor enrolment, allowing an attacker who already knows the account's password to bypass the second factor and obtain that user's session, up to administrator.

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  "id": "GHSA-36qh-hpmx-m9cv",
  "modified": "2026-09-13T06:33:11Z",
  "published": "2026-09-13T06:33:11Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89080"
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CVE-2026-89080 (GCVE-0-2026-89080)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-13 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-13 06:00

Title

Really Simple Security < 9.8.1 - Unauthenticated 2FA Bypass via Email Provider State Demotion

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/49546064-5663-40…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Really Simple Security	Affected: 9.5.10.1 , < 9.8.1 (semver)

Credits

Charles Vosburgh WPScan

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Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.

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GHSA-36QH-HPMX-M9CV

CVE-2026-89080 (GCVE-0-2026-89080)

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