CVE-2026-14291 Security Ninja (Premium) < 5.290 - Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via secnin_skip_2fa
Unauthenticated attackers with valid passwords can bypass two-factor authentication in Security Ninja Premium, gaining unauthorized access to any account including administrators.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-14291?
CVE-2026-14291 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown security-ninja-premium, published on 23 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The security-ninja-premium WordPress plugin before 5.290 does not verify the second authentication factor in one of its two-factor authentication code paths, allowing an unauthenticated attacker who knows a user's password to complete authentication without the one-time code and bypass enforced two-factor authentication for any account, including administrators. The affected two-factor module ships only in the premium build.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14291?
How do I fix CVE-2026-14291?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14291 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2026-14291 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-14291 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8p8v-838m-f36p.