WP 2FA <= 2.2.1 - Time-Based TOTP attack to Sensitive Information Exposure

5.3
Observable Response Discrepancy
CVE CVE-2022-2891
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 14, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Calvin Alkan

Description

The WP 2FA plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.2.1 due to the use of a linear-time comparison operator when comparing token hashes. This allows an attacker to gain information about authentication tokens by observing small time differences in server response times. This is a vulnerability that is generally not realistically exploitable over the internet due to other factors that will have a greater influence on response times.

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Vulnerability Details for WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-2fa (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.3.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.1
Patched Version
  • 2.3.0

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