CVE-2026-12492

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-07-16. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

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.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
59
EG Risk 59/100

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 computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
40th
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 16, 2026

Last Modified

July 16, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 26, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce < 2.8 – Unauthenticated Account Takeover via hcotp_auto_login_user | CVE 2026-12492 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/56fdcba6-c7b1-443d-9f9d-b738ecaadabc/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12492(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 59× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-09-29 15:20 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-09-28 13:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-28 08:39 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  45. 2026-08-27 21:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  75. 2026-08-22 23:19 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12492?
CVE-2026-12492 is a critical vulnerability published on July 16, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-12492 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12492 was first published on July 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12492 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12492 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (40th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12492?
CVE-2026-12492 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12492?
No fix for CVE-2026-12492 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-12492 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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