CVE-2026-12492

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH 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 a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

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
9.8(high)
EG Risk
59(Track)
EG Risk 59/100SSVC: Track

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%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
22%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 16, 2026

Last Modified

July 16, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 25, 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 43× in last 7d / 58× 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.

  1. 2026-07-31 12:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-31 08:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-31 03:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-30 23:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-30 18:59 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-30 18:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-30 14:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-30 09:52 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-30 09:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-30 05:29 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-30 05:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-30 01:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-29 20:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-29 16:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-29 11:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-29 07:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-29 02:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-28 22:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-28 17:50 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-28 17:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-28 15:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-28 13:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-28 09:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-28 04:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-28 00:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-27 19:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-27 15:16 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-27 15:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-27 09:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-27 05:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-27 00:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-26 20:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-26 15:49 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-26 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-26 11:27 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-26 11:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-23 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-07-17 06:46 UTCEG score recompute▲ 9.80
  28. 2026-07-17 06:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-07-16 15:53 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 9.8 · severity → CRITICAL
  31. 2026-07-16 08:27 UTCNVD update
  32. 2026-07-16 06:18 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-07-16 06:18 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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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 in the National Vulnerability Database 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% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 77.8% of all 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?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12492, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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