CVE-2026-13142 - Passwordless Login by VentraConnect < 1.4.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Email OTP Brute Force

CVE-2026-13142 - Passwordless Login by VentraConnect < 1.4.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Email OTP Brute Force

https://cvefeed.io/rssfeed/latest.atom / Mon, 07/20/2026 - 13:06
CVE ID :CVE-2026-13142
Published : July 20, 2026, 7:16 a.m. | 3 hours, 32 minutes ago
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.
Severity: 0.0 | NA
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