Vulnerabilities / Defender Security / WPSEC-2026-0304
Defender Security <= 6.2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Two-Factor Authentication Reset
Medium 4.3
CWE-352Fixed in 6.3.0
- ID
- WPSEC-2026-0304
- Plugin
- Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall (defender-security)
- Affected
- from 3.7.0 before 6.3.0
- Remediation
- Update to 6.3.0 or later.
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Usage
- Plugin Low · Affected versions Low among sites WPSec scans, 2026-10-22
- Attack surface
- Defender Security on WPSec AttackSurface
- Fix released
- Published
Description
The Defender Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 3.7.0 up to, and including, 6.2.4 due to missing nonce validation in the handler that processes the 'disable_2fa_methods' action on the Users screen. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to clear the two-factor authentication methods of any user, including administrators, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Exploitation requires the Two-Factor Authentication feature to be enabled.
References
- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0304/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/defender-security/tags/6.3.0/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/defender-security/
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