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Paper/Archive/CVE-2025-12374

CVE-2025-12374

pickplugins User Verification by PickPlugins — Email Verification, Email OTP, Block Spam Email, Passwordless login, Hide Login, Magic Login – User Verification <= 2.0.44 - Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover

EPSS 0.5%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
38
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 42.6.426 × 208.5No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
User Verification by PickPlugins≤ 2.0.44–CNA

Scores by source

Wordfence (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refwordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8ccb1304-326e-43af-b75d-23874f92ba8b?source=cverefplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-verification/trunk/templates/email-otp-login-form/hook.php#L141refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3442150%40user-verification&new=3442150%40user-verification&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=