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.
Published: 2026-07-16
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-287
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce < 2.8 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via hcotp_auto_login_user
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-16T15:33:35.211Z

Reserved: 2026-06-17T08:25:07.733Z

Link: CVE-2026-12492

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-16T15:26:44.365Z

cve-icon NVD

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