WP 2FA Plugin up to 2.2.x on WordPress Authentication Code timing discrepancy

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A vulnerability has been found in WP 2FA Plugin up to 2.2.x on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Authentication Code Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a timing discrepancy vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-208. Two separate operations in a product require different amounts of time to complete, in a way that is observable to an actor and reveals security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The WP 2FA WordPress plugin before 2.3.0 uses comparison operators that don't mitigate time-based attacks, which could be abused to leak information about the authentication codes being compared.

The weakness was presented 10/11/2022. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-2891 since 08/18/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

Upgrading to version 2.3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 2.6
VulDB Temp Score: 2.5
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NVD Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Timing discrepancy
CWE: CWE-208 / CWE-203 / CWE-200
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WP 2FA Plugin 2.3.0

Timelineinfo

08/18/2022 CVE reserved
10/11/2022 +54 days Advisory disclosed
10/11/2022 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/31/2022 +20 days VulDB last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-2891 (🔒)

Entryinfo

Created: 10/11/2022 10:11 AM
Updated: 10/31/2022 02:59 PM
Changes: 10/11/2022 10:11 AM (41), 10/31/2022 02:59 PM (11)
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