# CVE-2026-118202: Limit Login Attempts Reloaded < 3.4.1 - Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via Malformed X-Forwarded-For Header

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-09. Updated: 2026-11-09.

The Limit Login Attempts Security  WordPress plugin before 3.4.1 does not confirm that its two-factor authentication step succeeded before completing a login and treats a failure to build that step as success, so an attacker who holds a protected user's password can bypass the second factor by sending a request header that breaks the step.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Unknown / Limit Login Attempts Security: ≥ 0; < 3.4.1 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: WPScan

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-287

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b2776c0c-7542-487d-976f-1ea3a646517f/ (CNA: WPScan)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b2776c0c-7542-487d-976f-1ea3a646517f/ (CNA: WPScan; exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description)

## Provenance

- CNA: WPScan: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118202; retrieved 2026-11-09; source updated 2026-11-09

Revision: a2c8268e9c4d4ef3a92037ef2e87cad94c3c4c4f7a8aa41f60cf4e50e68dad31

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-118202

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