2FA bypass via null WebAuthn response
Published Jul 1, 2026 · Updated Jul 1, 2026
Authentication bypass in WebAuthn Provider for Two Factor before 2.5.6 allows remote attackers with a valid password to skip WebAuthn. The second-factor handler accepts the JSON literal null in the webauthn_response field instead of rejecting the malformed value. Exploitation requires a target account's correct password and grants that account's WordPress access without its registered authenticator.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in WebAuthn Provider for Two Factor before 2.5.6 allows remote attackers with a valid password to skip WebAuthn. The second-factor handler accepts the JSON literal null in the webauthn_response field instead of rejecting the malformed value. Exploitation requires a target account's correct password and grants that account's WordPress access without its registered authenticator.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-11883
- Published
- Jul 1, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- Vendor
- Volodymyr Kolesnykov
- Product
- WebAuthn Provider for Two Factor
- Classifications
- CWE-287, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 1, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 1, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.5.6
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Public exploit references
- WPScan null WebAuthn response proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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