Vulnerability · CVE-2025-12628
The WP 2FA WordPress plugin does not generate backup codes with enough entropy, which could allow attackers to bypass the second factor by brute forcing them
Published Nov 24, 2025 · catalog updated Nov 24, 2025 · Unknown WP 2FA
Last checked Nov 4, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12628. EPSS is 0.22%. Act only if a listed version of Unknown WP 2FA is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Same product and reporting
- CVE-2024-32568 · Unknown · known exploited
- Severity
- Medium6.3
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.22%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Unknown WP 2FA 0 <3.0.0
The WP 2FA WordPress plugin does not generate backup codes with enough entropy, which could allow attackers to bypass the second factor by brute forcing them
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor Unknown WP 2FA 0 <3.0.00 <3.0.0
How to fix CVE-2025-12628
Upgrade
CVE-2025-12628 lists a fix boundary at 3.0.0. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 0 <3.0.0
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12628. EPSS is 0.22%. Act only if a listed version of Unknown WP 2FA is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Unknown WP 2FA 0 <3.0.0 0 <3.0.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.22%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Technology hubs
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Nov 24, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
The WP 2FA WordPress plugin does not generate backup codes with enough entropy, which could allow attackers to bypass the second factor by brute forcing them
Nov 24, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
The WP 2FA WordPress plugin does not generate backup codes with enough entropy, which could allow attackers to bypass the second factor by brute forcing them
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12628
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-12628
30-day exploitation probability 0.22%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-198648
The WP 2FA WordPress plugin does not generate backup codes with enough entropy, which could allow attackers to bypass the second factor by brute forcing them
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 4, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSNov 4, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 28, 2026
- EUVDOct 28, 2026