WordPress plugin
Google Authenticator <= 0.47 — Improper Authentication
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Affected: ≤0.47Update to 0.48 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:HIntegrity- High
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Google Authenticator google-authenticator
- Affected≤ 0.47
- Patched in0.48
Update to 0.48 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 0.47. Version 0.48 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Google Authenticator.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 0.48, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Google Authenticator to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
The Google Authenticator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass due to a missing capability check on the 'google-authenticator/trunk/google-authenticator.php' file in versions up to, and including, 0.47. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to bypass 2FA when logging in with an email address and valid 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 Google Authenticator
All 2| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤0.55Update to 0.56 | CVE-2026-14204 |
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤0.55Update to 0.56
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.