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 in as any existing user, including administrators, as well as to create new accounts.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-12492: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Happy Coders Otp Login For Woocommerce — versions 1.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.