WordPress security changelog
CRITICAL CVE-2026-12492 Deferred

Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce: A security weakness

Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The published affected range is 1.5 to < 2.8.

CVE / CNA score 9.8 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce
Plugin slug
happy-coders-otp-login-for-woocommerce
Affected
1.5 to < 2.8
Safe version
2.8
Published
Jul 16, 2026
Weakness
CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

This CVE was published Jul 16, 2026 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Happy Coders OTP Login for WooCommerce to 2.8 or later, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

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.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary and upstream sources