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CVE-2025-14427 — Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning [wp-simple-firewall] < 21.0.10

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2025-14427 Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning [wp-simple-firewall] < 21.0.10 Missing Authorization Medium 4.3 < 21.0.10 21.0.10 2026-02-18

CVE-2025-14427

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.

Source: CVE.org

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