What is CVE-2025-12374?

CVE-2025-12374 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pickplugins User Verification By, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-12-05.

How severe is CVE-2025-12374?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Pickplugins User Verification By

CVE-2025-12374

The Email Verification, Email OTP, Block Spam Email, Passwordless login, Hide Login, Magic Login – User Verification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.44. This is due to t…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.005 (66.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pickplugins User Verification By — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8ccb1304-326e-43af-b75d-23874…
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-verification/trunk/templates/email-otp-…
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12374?: CVE-2025-12374 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pickplugins User Verification By, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2025-12374?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.