CVE-2026-8760

CRITICAL

Login with OTP <= 1.6 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via OTP Brute Force

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

The Login with OTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.6. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-11178: the rate-limit/lockout check added to `otpl_login_action()` was placed only inside the OTP-generation branch and is never evaluated on the OTP-validation branch, and the generated 6-digit OTP additionally has no expiration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to brute-force the 900,000-value OTP space for any user account (including administrators) and obtain a valid `wp_set_auth_cookie()` session, leading to full site compromise.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0060
EPSS Percentile 43.6%
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-307
Status published
Products (1)
india-web-developer/Login with OTP <= 1.6
Published May 27, 2026
Tracked Since May 27, 2026