CVE-2026-13142 Passwordless Login by VentraConnect < 1.4.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Email OTP Brute Force
Unauthenticated attackers can brute-force email OTPs to take over accounts, including administrators, due to missing rate limiting and plaintext code storage.
- 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-2026-13142?
CVE-2026-13142 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown Social Login, Passkeys, Magic Link & Email OTP, published on 20 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-13142?
How do I fix CVE-2026-13142?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-13142 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-2026-13142 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-13142 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v566-43gw-4r9h.