# CVE-2026-12215

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-12215
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 5.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-434
- **Published:** Sep 11, 2026
- **Last Modified:** Sep 11, 2026

## 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.

## Affected Products

- xootix — OTP Login & Register Woocommerce (0)

## References

- [CNA](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4bd4b379-6d7d-4cfe-bb16-a931c5d68d02?source=cve)
- [CNA](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-login-woocommerce/tags/2.7.2/includes/class-xoo-ml-verification.php#L472)
- [CNA](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-login-woocommerce/tags/2.7.2/includes/class-xoo-ml-verification.php#L84)
- [CNA](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-login-woocommerce/tags/2.7.2/includes/class-xoo-ml-otp-handler.php#L155)
- [CNA](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-login-woocommerce/tags/2.7.2/includes/class-xoo-ml-geolocation.php#L24)
- [CNA](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-login-woocommerce/tags/2.7.2/includes/class-xoo-ml-otp-handler.php#L24)
- [CNA](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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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-11._