WP Synchro – The Ultimate WordPress Migration Tool <= 1.16.1 — 2-Factor Authentication Bypass
CVE-2026-41558Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.16.1Update to 1.16.2 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)
- 0.3% chance in 30 days17th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
WP Synchro – The Ultimate WordPress Migration Tool wpsynchro
- Affected≤ 1.16.1
- Patched in1.16.2
Update to 1.16.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.16.1. Version 1.16.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Synchro – The Ultimate WordPress Migration Tool.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.16.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP Synchro – The Ultimate WordPress Migration Tool to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Ananda Dhakal.
The WP Synchro – The Ultimate WordPress Migration Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to 2-Factor Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to bypass 2fa when logging in.
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
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| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤1.11.2Update to 1.11.3 | CVE-2024-32096 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤1.9.1Update to 1.10.0 | CVE-2023-41660 |
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤1.11.2Update to 1.11.3
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤1.9.1Update to 1.10.0
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.