CVE-2026-8760
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.07%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 64
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 % - Impacto principal
T1078.001Default Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access90 % - Impacto secundario
T1098.004SSH Authorized Keyspersistence · privilege escalation85 % - Impacto secundario
T1565.001Stored Data Manipulationimpact80 %
Vulnerabilidad remota en plugin WordPress sin autenticación (AV:N, PR:N, UI:N) que permite bypass de autenticación por fuerza bruta de OTP sin límite (CWE-307), obtener sesión administrativa válida y comprometer completamente el sitio.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-307
Referencias
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11178
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/tags/1.6/lib/otpl-class.php#L361
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/tags/1.6/lib/otpl-class.php#L419
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/tags/1.6/lib/otpl-class.php#L424
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/tags/1.6/lib/otpl-class.php#L427
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/trunk/lib/otpl-class.php#L361
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/trunk/lib/otpl-class.php#L419
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/trunk/lib/otpl-class.php#L424
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/otp-login/trunk/lib/otpl-class.php#L427
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ad22cb24-e6a0-456f-afe8-88a39acd97d3?source=cve
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