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CVE-2026-8293General

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

The Really Simple Security WordPress plugin before 9.5.10.1 does not enforce the second-factor challenge in two of its two-factor authentication REST endpoints, allowing an attacker who knows a user's password to obtain a WordPress authentication session for that user without completing the email OTP challenge.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Other references
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-287

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-05-12: 105-12
Signal classification1 categories
General
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • Dr. John Umoru@johnumorujo
    General

    CVE-2026-8293 I'm coming back to talk about this one, was a pretty interesting find. https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1de69ef9-6226-4292-8e36-b331a37f043e/ https://t.co/qtrSbpTPrz

    Post summary

    The user references CVE‑2026‑8293 and links to a WPScan entry, but offers no concrete details about the vulnerability, exploitation, or mitigations.

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