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Advanced IP Blocker <= 8.13.13 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Missing Step-1 Binding to 2FA Login Handler

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

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CVE-2026-104732

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-104732

Advanced IP Blocker

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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[
  {
    "vendor": "inilerm",
    "product": "Advanced IP Blocker",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "8.13.13"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-104732

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Publisher severity

critical

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#16964 · Revision 1
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