CVE•Published 2026-05-27•Modified 2026-05-27•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-8760

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

CRITICAL

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

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-307Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

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.

Timeline

Published 2026-05-27

Modified 2026-05-27

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB VulnCheck

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Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-8760

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

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CVE-2026-8760