What is CVE-2026-12492?

CVE-2026-12492 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Happy Coders Otp Login For Woocommerce, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-07-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-12492?

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

Auth bypass in Happy Coders Otp Login For Woocommerce

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 i…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

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

Unknown Happy Coders Otp Login For Woocommerce — versions 1.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12492?: CVE-2026-12492 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Happy Coders Otp Login For Woocommerce, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-07-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-12492?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.