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CVE-2026-13142: Passwordless Login by VentraConnect < 1.4.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Email OTP Brute Force
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-07-20 · updated 2026-07-21
- Weakness: CWE-269
Description
The Social Login, Passkeys, Magic Link & Email OTP WordPress plugin before 1.4.1 does not enforce rate limiting or a working attempt lockout on its passwordless email one-time-password verification, and stores the short numeric codes in plaintext, allowing an unauthenticated attacker who knows a registered email address to brute-force the code and log in as that user, including an administrator, leading to full site takeover.
Affected products
- Social Login, Passkeys, Magic Link & Email OTP: before 1.4.1 — fixed in 1.4.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Social Login, Passkeys, Magic Link & Email OTP 1.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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