CVE-2026-12492 Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce < 2.8 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via hcotp_auto_login_user
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass OTP validation to log in as any user, including administrators, or create new accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-12492?
CVE-2026-12492 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce, published on 16 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12492?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12492?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12492 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2026-12492 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12492 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-33cg-9r8g-hqm4.