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.
CVE-2026-8760
Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-05-27. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 59(Track)EG Risk 59/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity98% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 45.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 27, 2026
Last Modified
May 27, 2026
References (10)
- security@wordfencehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11178
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/tags/1.6/lib/otpl-class.php#L361
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/tags/1.6/lib/otpl-class.php#L419
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/tags/1.6/lib/otpl-class.php#L424
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/tags/1.6/lib/otpl-class.php#L427
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/trunk/lib/otpl-class.php#L361
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/trunk/lib/otpl-class.php#L419
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/trunk/lib/otpl-class.php#L424
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/trunk/lib/otpl-class.php#L427
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ad22cb24-e6a0-456f-afe8-88a39acd97d3?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8760(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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