Privilege escalation in Social Login, Passkeys, Magic Link & Email Otp
CVE-2026-13142
The Social Login, Passkeys, Magic Link & Email OTP WordPress plugin before 1.4.1 does not enforce rate limiting or a working attempt lockout on its passwordless email one-time-password verification, and stores the short numeric codes in plaintext, allowing an unauthenticated attacker who knows a registered email address to brute-force the code and log in as that user, including an administrator, leading to full site takeover.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.004 (31.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Unknown Social Login, Passkeys, Magic Link & Email Otp — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-13142?
- CVE-2026-13142 is a high-severity vulnerability in Social Login, Passkeys, Magic Link & Email Otp, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-07-20.
- How severe is CVE-2026-13142?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.