CVE-2025-14427

MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVSS Score & Metrics

Base Score

4.3 / 10

Vector String

                                        CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N                                    

Vulnerability Description

The Shield Security: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `MfaEmailDisable` action in all versions up to, and including, 21.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to disable the global Email 2FA setting for the entire site.

Vulnerability Details

Published Date

February 19, 2026

Last Modified

February 19, 2026

CWE ID

CWE-862

Source

NVD

Vendor

paultgoodchild

Product

Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches

External References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3439494%40wp-simple-firewall&new=3439494%40wp-simple-firewall&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/91dbc521-c24b-4b73-9b70-46d363ccb535?source=cve

CVE-2025-14427

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