CVE-2026-12492

CRITICAL

Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce < 2.8 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via hcotp_auto_login_user

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

The Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 2.8 does not verify that a one-time password was actually validated before authenticating a user based on a supplied identifier, allowing unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user, including administrators, as well as to create new accounts.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit exploit vdb-entry technical-description
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/56fdcba6-c7b1-443d-9f9d-b738ecaadabc/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0030
EPSS Percentile 22.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
None/Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce 1.5 - 2.8
Published Jul 16, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 16, 2026