Medium severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-12215
OTP Login & Register Woocommerce <= 2.7.2 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Brute Force
5.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The OTP Login & Register Woocommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via OTP Brute Force in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.2. The vulnerability exists because the OTP rate-limit attempt counter in `process_otp_form` is keyed exclusively on the attacker-controlled `xoo_ml_user_ip_data` cookie's `ip_address` field, allowing unlimited counter resets by simply rotating the cookie, while the OTP itself is generated with PHP's non-cryptographic `rand()` function over a default space of only 9,000 possible values (1000–9999), and both the OTP issuance endpoint (`xoo_ml_login_with_otp`) and verification endpoint (`xoo_ml_otp_form_submit`) are registered as unauthenticated `wp_ajax_nopriv` actions with no nonce or capability checks. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to brute-force the OTP for any registered account and obtain a full WordPress authentication session — including for administrator accounts — via `wp_set_auth_cookie()` in `login_user_with_otp()`. Exploitation requires the attacker to know the target user's registered phone number, which is used to trigger OTP issuance via the unauthenticated `xoo_ml_login_with_otp` endpoint.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OL
OTP Login & Register Woocommerce · xootix
through 2.7.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12215
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12215
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-login-woocommerce/tags/2.7.2/includes/class-xoo-ml-geolocation.php#L24
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-login-woocommerce/tags/2.7.2/includes/class-xoo-ml-otp-handler.php#L155
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-login-woocommerce/tags/2.7.2/includes/class-xoo-ml-otp-handler.php#L24
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-login-woocommerce/tags/2.7.2/includes/class-xoo-ml-verification.php#L472
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-login-woocommerce/tags/2.7.2/includes/class-xoo-ml-verification.php#L84
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3639216%40mobile-login-woocommerce%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fclass-xoo-ml-otp-handler.php&old=3419316%40mobile-login-woocommerce%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fclass-xoo-ml-otp-handler.php&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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