Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 27, 2026· Updated May 27, 2026
CVE-2026-8760
CVE-2026-8760
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.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
1- Range: <=1.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11178nvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/tags/1.6/lib/otpl-class.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/tags/1.6/lib/otpl-class.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/tags/1.6/lib/otpl-class.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/tags/1.6/lib/otpl-class.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/trunk/lib/otpl-class.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/trunk/lib/otpl-class.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/trunk/lib/otpl-class.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/trunk/lib/otpl-class.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ad22cb24-e6a0-456f-afe8-88a39acd97d3nvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 25, 2026 to May 31, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Jun 4, 2026