CVE-2026-8293

Really Simple Security < 9.5.10.1 - Authentication Bypass via Two-Factor OTP Skip

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.

Affected

Really Simple Security

CVSS v3.1 CNA

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 32nd percentile

Published

2026-06-02

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1de69ef9-6226-4292-8e36-b331a37f043e/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry