CVE-2026-104732
Advanced IP Blocker <= 8.13.13 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Missing Step-1 Binding to 2FA Login Handler
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Oct 10, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 2, 2026
Description
The Advanced IP Blocker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 8.13.13 The vulnerability exists because `handle_login_action()` performs no server-side check — via transient, session marker, or equivalent — that a requester completed step-1 password authentication before processing a step-2 TOTP submission for the POSTed `user_id`; compounding this, an error branch in the function unconditionally mints a fresh `advaipbl-2fa-interim-{user_id}` nonce and delivers it in a `Location` header to any unauthenticated caller, after which `display_2fa_login_form_step_2()` renders a valid `advaipbl-2fa-verify-{user_id}` nonce in HTML — both nonces computed against a fixed `uid=0` empty-session context and therefore fully reusable by the attacker across subsequent requests. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication entirely for any 2FA-enabled account, including administrators, by brute-forcing an unthrottled 6-digit TOTP code (no attempt counter, no account lockout, and no `wp_login_failed` firing) and receiving a fully authenticated session cookie via `wp_set_auth_cookie` without ever supplying the account password, resulting in complete site takeover. Exploitation requires only a known `user_id` for an account that has the plugin's 2FA feature enabled.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Advanced IP Blockerinilerm |
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References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d080845b-6814-4b10-a3ab-1f5aa1d09132?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-ip-blocker/tags/8.13.13/includes/class-advaipbl-main.php#L6875
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-ip-blocker/tags/8.13.13/includes/class-advaipbl-main.php#L6912
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-ip-blocker/tags/8.13.13/includes/class-advaipbl-main.php#L7022
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-ip-blocker/tags/8.13.13/includes/class-advaipbl-2fa-manager.php#L71
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-ip-blocker/tags/8.13.13/includes/class-advaipbl-main.php#L519
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3725139/advanced-ip-blocker/trunk/includes/class-advaipbl-main.php
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