{"id":"CVE-2026-82519","title":"Really Simple Security plugin for WordPress before 9.8.2 contains a missing authorization check vulnerability that allows authenticated low-privileged attackers to bypass enforced two-factor authentication indefinitely by exploiting an u…","summary":"Really Simple Security plugin for WordPress before 9.8.2 contains a missing authorization check vulnerability that allows authenticated low-privileged attackers to bypass enforced two-factor authentication indefinitely by exploiting an u…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-862"],"vendor":"reallysimpleplugins","product":"Really Simple Security","affected":["really_simple_security < 9.8.2"],"published":"2026-09-14","updated":"2026-09-20","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-20T01:16:30.320","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82519","references":[{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-ssl/#developers","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/really-simple-security-authorization-bypass-via-profile-page-update-handler","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-20T00:14:03.333594Z"},"epss":0.00363,"epssPercentile":0.27503,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-14T20:14:21.139Z","slug":"CVE-2026-82519","body":"## Overview\n\nReally Simple Security plugin for WordPress before 9.8.2 contains a missing authorization check vulnerability that allows authenticated low-privileged attackers to bypass enforced two-factor authentication indefinitely by exploiting an unguarded code path in the profile-page update handler. Attackers can submit a crafted POST request without the two-factor-authentication field to skip nonce verification and trigger delete_two_fa_meta(), which resets the grace period anchor timestamp on every login cycle, causing mandatory 2FA enforcement to be deferred indefinitely.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":24,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":23.7,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}