The WP 2FA WordPress plugin before 3.1.1.2 does not verify that the email address supplied during two-factor authentication setup belongs to the user, allowing an attacker who has obtained a user's credentials to redirect the setup verification code to an attacker-controlled email address and take over the account.
CVE-2026-12988
MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.4Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated
6.4
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.4Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.4
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 6.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 14, 2026
Last Modified
July 14, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Jul 14, 2026🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available
WP 2FA < 3.1.1.2 – Account Takeover via 2FA Setup Email Binding | CVE 2026-12988 | Plugin Vulnerabilities
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8aa6bf91-54ee-4326-a477-31f42284be22/Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12988(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 6× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-14 12:40 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 6.4 · severity → MEDIUM
- 2026-07-14 07:16 UTCNVD update
- 2026-07-14 06:05 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-14 06:05 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-12988?
CVE-2026-12988 is a medium vulnerability published on July 14, 2026. The WP 2FA WordPress plugin before 3.1.1.2 does not verify that the email address supplied during two-factor authentication setup belongs to the user, allowing an attacker who has obtained a user's credentials to redirect the setup verification code to an attacker-controlled email address and take…
When was CVE-2026-12988 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12988 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12988 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12988 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 6.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12988?
CVE-2026-12988 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 0.0.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12988?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12988, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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