Email Verification, Email OTP, Block Spam Email, Passwordless login, Hide Login, Magic Login – User Verification: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Email Verification, Email OTP, Block Spam Email, Passwordless login, Hide Login, Magic Login – User Verification is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Email Verification, Email OTP, Block Spam Email, Passwordless login, Hide Login, Magic Login – User Verification
- Plugin slug
user-verification- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 05, 2025
This CVE was published Dec 05, 2025 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Email Verification, Email OTP, Block Spam Email, Passwordless login, Hide Login, Magic Login – User Verification to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
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 Email Verification, Email OTP, Block Spam Email, Passwordless login, Hide Login, Magic Login – User Verification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.44. This is due to the plugin not properly validating that an OTP was generated before comparing it to user input in the "user_verification_form_wrap_process_otpLogin" function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user with a verified email address, such as an administrator, by submitting an empty OTP value.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H