CVE-2022-2891 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-2891

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

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Calvin Alkan
  • WPScan

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

WP 2FA
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 10th, 2022
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.