Exposures › CVE-2026-14245
miniOrange WordPress OTP plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication and take over admin accounts via a flawed password reset flow.
The miniOrange OTP plugin for WordPress fails server-side OTP verification by relying on client-side nonces and unauthenticated parameters, enabling arbitrary admin account takeover. DIB orgs using WordPress-based systems face immediate compliance risk and must patch the plugin immediately to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data.
Shame score — A critical authentication bypass in a widely used WordPress plugin that allows unauthenticated attackers to compromise admin accounts.
The miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass leading to Administrator Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.1. This is due to the `um_reset_password_process_hook()` function performing no server-side verification that the OTP validation step was completed, and relying solely on a public `form_nonce` nonce that the plugin itself emits to unauthenticated visitors via the `moumprvar` JavaScript object on the Ultimate Member password reset page, while still accepting the attacker-controlled `username_b` parameter to target any WordPress user without role restriction or any binding to a previously validated OTP session. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain a freshly generated password-reset URL for an arbitrary Administrator account — returned in a 302 `Location` header — and use it to take full control of that account. Exploitation requires the Ultimate Member Password Reset Form integration to be active and the plugin to not be configured for phone-only reset.
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