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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2022-42731 json

django-mfa2 vulnerable to MFA Replay attack

published 2022-10-11 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-vw39-2wj9-4q86 , PYSEC-2022-303 , EUVD-2022-0080

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

mfa/FIDO2.py in django-mfa2 before 2.5.1 and 2.6.x before 2.6.1 allows a replay attack that could be used to register another device for a user. The device registration challenge is not invalidated after usage.

Patch / fix

  • pypi django-mfa2 2.5.1, 2.6.1
  • django-mfa2_project django-mfa2 2.5.1, 2.6.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
17 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/mkalioby/django-mfa2/blob/0936ea253354dd95cb127f09d0efa31324caef27/mfa/FIDO2.py#L58 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi django-mfa2
<2.5.1
>=2.6.0, <2.6.1
2.5.1
2.6.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-294 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.