Limit Login Attempts Reloaded 3.0.0 — 3.4.0 - Two-Factor Authentication Bypass
CVE-2026-118201Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: 3.0.0 – 3.4.0Update to 3.4.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- 0.2% chance in 30 days14th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Limit Login Attempts Security limit-login-attempts-security
- Affected3.0.0 – 3.4.0
- Patched in3.4.1
Update to 3.4.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run 3.0.0 – 3.4.0. Version 3.4.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Limit Login Attempts Security.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.4.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Limit Login Attempts Security to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Qi Qin.
The Limit Login Attempts Reloaded plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Two-Factor Authentication Bypass in versions 3.0.0 through 3.4.0. This is due to failure to apply two-factor authentication enforcement consistently across all available password-based login routes. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to authenticate by exploiting an unprotected login route, fully bypassing the two-factor authentication requirement and gaining access to the account. Two-factor authentication must be enabled on the targeted account, and the attacker must already know that account's password.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Limit Login Attempts Security
All 2| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Two-Factor Authentication Bypass ≤3.4.0Update to 3.4.1 | CVE-2026-118202 |
- Medium4.3Two-Factor Authentication Bypass
≤3.4.0Update to 3.4.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST.org.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.