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title: "CVE-2026-110653: LatePoint WordPress Plugin - Authentication Bypass"
description: "LatePoint WordPress plugin <= 5.7.4 contains an authentication bypass via race condition caused by non-atomic OTP verification attempts counter update in verifyOTP function, letting unauthenticated attackers brute-force OTP and access accounts, exploit requires concurrent requests to auth__verify_otp endpoint."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-110653/
---

# CVE-2026-110653 LatePoint WordPress Plugin - Authentication Bypass

LatePoint WordPress plugin <= 5.7.4 contains an authentication bypass via race condition caused by non-atomic OTP verification attempts counter update in verifyOTP function, letting unauthenticated attackers brute-force OTP and access accounts, exploit requires concurrent requests to auth\_\_verify\_otp endpoint.

CVSS base score 9.1 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.40% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110653)

## Details

Type

Broken Authentication

Impact

Broken Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Published

17 October 2026

Updated

19 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-287](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 5.7.4 or the latest available version.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110653](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110653)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/models/model.php#L773](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/models/model.php#L773)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.5/lib/helpers/otp\_helper.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.5/lib/helpers/otp_helper.php)
- [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61fbc1dd-06c9-409b-8cad-3f350b38dfc3?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61fbc1dd-06c9-409b-8cad-3f350b38dfc3?source=cve)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/controllers/auth\_controller.php#L14](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/controllers/auth_controller.php#L14)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/controllers/auth\_controller.php#L30](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/controllers/auth_controller.php#L30)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/helpers/otp\_helper.php#L185](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/helpers/otp_helper.php#L185)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/helpers/otp\_helper.php#L228](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/latepoint/tags/5.7.4/lib/helpers/otp_helper.php#L228)

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