Privilege Escalation in Keyy Two Factor Authentication Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-10293

8.8HIGH

What is CVE-2025-10293?

The Keyy Two Factor Authentication plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability due to inadequate validation of user identities associated with generated tokens. This flaw enables authenticated attackers, even with subscriber-level access, to forge valid authentication tokens. As a result, they can execute an auto-login to other users' accounts, including those of administrators who have set up two-factor authentication, thus compromising account security and user data.

Affected Version(s)

Keyy Two Factor Authentication (like Clef) * <= 1.2.3

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Jonas Benjamin Friedli
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CVE-2025-10293 : Privilege Escalation in Keyy Two Factor Authentication Plugin for WordPress