CVE-2026-8760 | The Login with OTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to aut… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

The Login with OTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.6. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-11178: the rate-limit/lockout check added to `otpl_login_action()` was placed only inside the OTP-generation branch and is never evaluated on the OTP-validation branch, and the generated 6-digit OTP additionally has no expiration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to brute-force the 900,000-value OTP space for any user account (including administrators) and obtain a valid `wp_set_auth_cookie()` session, leading to full site compromise.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-8760
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 2026-05-16 18:34 UTC
Published: 2026-05-27 05:31 UTC
Last updated: 2026-05-27 10:33 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-307
CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Att…
Vendor / Product: india-web-developer / Login with OTP
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
india-web-developer	Login with OTP	—	<= 1.6

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-307	cna	CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (10)