CVE-2026-12492 json
Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce < 2.8 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via hcotp_auto_login_user
published 2026-07-16 3 mo ago modified 2026-07-16 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-44873
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Unknown Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce 2.8
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 3 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/56fdcba6-c7b1-443d-9f9d-b738ecaadabc/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Unknown Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/56fdcba6-c7b1-443d-9f9d-b738ecaadabc/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-12492
- NVD CVE-2026-12492
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