The Shield Security: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `MfaEmailDisable` action in all versions up to, and including, 21.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to disable the global Email 2FA setting for the entire site.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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| Paultgoodchild |
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Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000
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| Description | The Shield Security: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `MfaEmailDisable` action in all versions up to, and including, 21.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to disable the global Email 2FA setting for the entire site. | |
| Title | Shield Security: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches <= 21.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Email MFA Update | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2026-02-19T04:36:19.188Z
Updated: 2026-02-19T04:36:19.188Z
Reserved: 2025-12-10T02:33:33.560Z
Link: CVE-2025-14427
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