WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
User Verification 2.0.38 - 2.0.48 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Unthrottled OTP Login Verification
Description
The plugin does not rate limit the verification step of its one-time-password login, and does not expire the generated code, allowing unauthenticated attackers to brute force it and log in as any user, including administrators, where the code is configured to use digits only.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 2.0.49 References
CVE
Classification
Type
AUTHBYPASS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Revanth Hari Narayana Matte
Submitter
Revanth Hari Narayana Matte
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-11-10 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-11-10 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-11 (about 7 hours ago)
