CVE-2025-14427
4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Shield Security: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the MfaEmailDisable action in all versions up to, and including, 21.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to disable the global Email 2FA setting for the entire site.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| paultgoodchild | Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches | 0 <= 21.0.9 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862: CWE-862 Missing Authorization
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/91dbc521-c24b-4b73-9b70-46d363ccb535?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3439494%40wp-simple-firewall&new=3439494%40wp-simple-firewall&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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