CVE-2026-77771: miniOrange 2FA · Improper Authentication
Affects miniOrange 2FASource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.
Data as of 10/25/2026, 16:58:57 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 25% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 10 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| miniOrange 2FA | Affected
| Fixed in
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| miniOrange 2FA | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Until an official fix is available, users should consider disabling the miniOrange 2FA plugin or implementing additional protective controls to limit authentication attempts. Monitor vendor communications for updates on patches or official mitigations.
Description
The miniOrange 2FA WordPress plugin before 6.3.1, miniOrange 2FA WordPress plugin before 19.3 does not scope its second-factor attempt limit to the account being attacked, keying it instead to an identifier the client supplies and can change at will, allowing an attacker who already knows a victim's password to make unlimited one-time-passcode guesses and defeat the second factor. A second validation endpoint applies no attempt limit at all.
Impact
An attacker who has obtained a victim's password can bypass the second-factor authentication by making unlimited guesses of the one-time passcode, potentially gaining unauthorized access to the victim's account. This undermines the security benefits of two-factor authentication in affected versions of the miniOrange 2FA plugin.
Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper Authentication (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighOWASP Top 10 A07:2025: Authentication Failures (opens in a new tab)
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
MITRE discourages mapping vulnerabilities to this broad entry; the root cause is usually a more specific weakness.