CVE-2026-14204: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Google Authenticator
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the Google Authenticator WordPress plugin versions before 0.56. The plugin does not verify a CSRF nonce when saving the two-factor authentication setup, allowing an attacker to trick a logged-in user into overwriting their own 2FA secret with an attacker-controlled value. This can enable the attacker to lock the victim out of their account by enabling two-factor authentication with the attacker's secret.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-14204 is a CSRF vulnerability in the Google Authenticator WordPress plugin prior to version 0.56. The plugin fails to verify a CSRF nonce during the process of saving the two-factor authentication setup. This flaw allows an attacker to coerce a logged-in user into replacing their 2FA secret with one controlled by the attacker. As a result, the attacker can enable two-factor authentication on the victim's account using their own secret, effectively locking the legitimate user out of their account.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a logged-in user to unknowingly overwrite their two-factor authentication secret with an attacker-controlled value. This leads to the attacker enabling two-factor authentication on the victim's account, which locks the victim out and denies them access. There is no direct confidentiality or availability impact stated, but the integrity of the victim's account access is compromised.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official fix or patch is currently confirmed for this vulnerability. Users should monitor the vendor advisory for updates and apply any official patches once available. Until then, caution should be exercised when interacting with untrusted links or sites while logged into WordPress with this plugin. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance.
CVE-2026-14204: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Google Authenticator
Description
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the Google Authenticator WordPress plugin versions before 0.56. The plugin does not verify a CSRF nonce when saving the two-factor authentication setup, allowing an attacker to trick a logged-in user into overwriting their own 2FA secret with an attacker-controlled value. This can enable the attacker to lock the victim out of their account by enabling two-factor authentication with the attacker's secret.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
Google Authenticator
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-14204 is a CSRF vulnerability in the Google Authenticator WordPress plugin prior to version 0.56. The plugin fails to verify a CSRF nonce during the process of saving the two-factor authentication setup. This flaw allows an attacker to coerce a logged-in user into replacing their 2FA secret with one controlled by the attacker. As a result, the attacker can enable two-factor authentication on the victim's account using their own secret, effectively locking the legitimate user out of their account.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a logged-in user to unknowingly overwrite their two-factor authentication secret with an attacker-controlled value. This leads to the attacker enabling two-factor authentication on the victim's account, which locks the victim out and denies them access. There is no direct confidentiality or availability impact stated, but the integrity of the victim's account access is compromised.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official fix or patch is currently confirmed for this vulnerability. Users should monitor the vendor advisory for updates and apply any official patches once available. Until then, caution should be exercised when interacting with untrusted links or sites while logged into WordPress with this plugin. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-30T09:37:38.620Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a742932bf8831d53945d6b1
Added to database: 08/06/2026, 06:26:58 UTC
Last enriched: 08/13/2026, 17:00:47 UTC
Last updated: 09/21/2026, 22:01:32 UTC
Views: 39
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