FluentAuth – Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication, Passkeys & Social Login <= 2.1.2 — Unauthenticated Email Verification Bypass
CVE-2026-78296Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.1.2Update to 3.0.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- 0.2% chance in 30 days4th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
FluentAuth – Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication, Passkeys & Social Login fluent-security
- Affected≤ 2.1.2
- Patched in3.0.0
Update to 3.0.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.1.2. Version 3.0.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under FluentAuth – Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication, Passkeys & Social Login.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 3.0.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch FluentAuth – Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication, Passkeys & Social Login to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Ahmed Embaby.
The FluentAuth – Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication, Passkeys & Social Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to email verification bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass email verification when registering.
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 FluentAuth – Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication, Passkeys & Social Login
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Auth Security Plugin <= 2.0.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'fluent_auth_reset_password' Shortcode ≤2.0.3Update to 2.1.0 | CVE-2025-13728 | |
| Medium6.5 | IP Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass ≤1.0.1Update to 1.0.2 | CVE-2022-4746 |
- Medium6.4Auth Security Plugin <= 2.0.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'fluent_auth_reset_password' Shortcode
≤2.0.3Update to 2.1.0
- Medium6.5IP Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
≤1.0.1Update to 1.0.2
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
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.