CVE-2026-12988 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP 2FA WordPress plugin before 3.1.1.2 does not verify that the email address supplied during two-factor authentication setup belongs to the user, allowing an attacker who has obtained a user's credentials to redirect the setup verification code to an attacker-controlled email address and take over the account.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00171.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WP 2FA

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.1.1.2

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Project Subscriptions

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8aa6bf91-54ee-4326-a477-31f42284be22/

History

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-862
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The WP 2FA WordPress plugin before 3.1.1.2 does not verify that the email address supplied during two-factor authentication setup belongs to the user, allowing an attacker who has obtained a user's credentials to redirect the setup verification code to an attacker-controlled email address and take over the account.
Title		WP 2FA < 3.1.1.2 - Account Takeover via 2FA Setup Email Binding
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8aa6bf91-54ee-4326-a477-31f42284be22/

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-14T06:00:02.858Z

Updated: 2026-07-14T12:24:36.125Z

Reserved: 2026-06-23T11:48:46.764Z

Link: CVE-2026-12988

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-14T12:24:30.377Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-862

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