CVE-2025-15370 — 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-2025-15370	Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning [wp-simple-firewall] < 21.0.10	Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key	Medium 4.3	< 21.0.10	21.0.10	2026-01-15	—

CVE-2025-15370

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.

Source: CVE.org

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