5.9

CVE-2022-2891: unknown wp 2fa Observable Discrepancy

CVSS: 5.9v3.1MediumModified
Published 10-10-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-2891 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Observable Discrepancy vulnerability in unknown wp 2fa. EPSS estimates a 0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 2.3.0.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.95%
0%100%
Low · +0.12 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 10-10-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.95%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

61%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.12 pp

From 0.83% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.95%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • wp-2fa≤ 2.2.1 (fixed in 2.3.0)
Wpwhitesecurity1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links