CVE 4.3 MEDIUM

Shield Security: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches <= 21.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Email MFA Update_CVE-2025-14427

4.3 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-14427
Source Wordfence
Published Feb 19, 2026 at 04:36

Affected Product

Vendor paultgoodchild
Product Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches
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Affected Versions paultgoodchild Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches *

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