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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-12492

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…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.50%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.50% probability · 41th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Source
contact@wpscan.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.