# CVE-2026-85984: Auth bypass in miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications

> Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication and log in as administrators if specific plugin options are enabled, leading to full site compromise.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** CVE-2026-87122, GHSA-38wg-7f73-vq67

## What is CVE-2026-85984?

CVE-2026-85984 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in cyberlord92 miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications, published on 26 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via the mo_wp_login_intent parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.5. This is due to a missing password-intent guard in the skip_pass_fallback-enabled configuration branch of the mo_by_pass_login() function, which treats administrator role membership alone as sufficient authentication whenever the unauthenticated, unverified POST parameter mo_wp_login_intent is submitted with the value otp, causing mo_get_user() to skip wp_authenticate_username_password() and resolve a WP_User purely from a username lookup. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing administrator account by supplying only a known username and an empty password alongside mo_wp_login_intent=otp, with no password or OTP verification required. Exploitation is conditional on a site administrator having simultaneously enabled the following plugin options: WP Login OTP, Login with Only OTP, Allow Users to Login with Username and Password, and Admin OTP Bypass.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-85984?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-85984?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-85984 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-85984 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-85984 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- CVE-2026-85984 PoC: WordPress miniOrange OTP ≤5.5.5 unauth admin bypass (mo_wp_login_intent=otp + empty password). Check/exploit, user enum, colored CLI. https://pocbit.org/pocs/cve-2026-85984 (github_poc): https://github.com/murrez/CVE-2026-85984

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-85984 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-85984 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in cyberlord92 miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications, published on 26 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-85984 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: cyberlord92 miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85984/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85984/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85984
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85984
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-85984

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85984/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.