The Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 21.0.9 via the MfaGoogleAuthToggle class due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to disable Google Authenticator for any user.
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| Description | The Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 21.0.9 via the MfaGoogleAuthToggle class due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to disable Google Authenticator for any user. | |
| Title | Shield Security <= 21.0.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Disable Google Authenticator | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-639 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2026-01-16T04:44:35.383Z
Updated: 2026-01-16T14:44:37.016Z
Reserved: 2025-12-30T17:25:48.869Z
Link: CVE-2025-15370
Updated: 2026-01-16T14:44:26.935Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-01-16T05:16:12.717
Modified: 2026-01-16T15:55:12.257
Link: CVE-2025-15370
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