Medium severity · published Oct 10, 2022
CVE-2022-2891
WP 2FA < 2.3.0 - Time-Based Side-Channel Attack
5.9
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The WP 2FA WordPress plugin before 2.3.0 uses comparison operators that don't mitigate time-based attacks, which could be abused to leak information about the authentication codes being compared.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
W2
WP 2FA ·
before 2.3.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2891
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2891
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/301b3dce-2584-46ec-92ed-1c0626522120
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