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CVE-2023-6272: Theme My Login 2FA < 1.2 - Lack of Rate Limiting

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-12-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-307

Description

The Theme My Login 2FA WordPress plugin before 1.2 does not rate limit 2FA validation attempts, which may allow an attacker to brute-force all possibilities, which shouldn't be too long, as the 2FA codes are 6 digits.

Affected products

• tml-2fa: before 1.2 — fixed in 1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: tml-2fa 1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a03243ea-fee7-46e4-8037-a228afc5297a
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a03243ea-fee7-46e4-8037-a228afc5297a

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