CVE-2025-15370 Missing authorization in Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches
Authenticated attackers can disable Google Authenticator for any user via insecure direct object reference, bypassing two-factor authentication.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-15370?
CVE-2025-15370 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in paultgoodchild Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches, published on 16 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 21.0.9 via the MfaGoogleAuthToggle class due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to disable Google Authenticator for any user.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15370?
How do I fix CVE-2025-15370?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15370 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-15370 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15370 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3x79-282m-jh8f.