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title: "CVE-2026-85984: miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications - Authentication Bypass"
description: "miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications plugin for WordPress <= 5.5.5 contains an authentication bypass caused by missing password-intent guard in mo_by_pass_login() function, letting unauthenticated attackers log in as any administrator with only a username and mo_wp_login_intent=otp, exploit requires specific plugin options enabled by site administrator."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-85984/
---

# CVE-2026-85984 miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications - Authentication Bypass

miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications plugin for WordPress <= 5.5.5 contains an authentication bypass caused by missing password-intent guard in mo\_by\_pass\_login() function, letting unauthenticated attackers log in as any administrator with only a username and mo\_wp\_login\_intent=otp, exploit requires specific plugin options enabled by site administrator.

CVSS base score 9.8 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

Proof of concept available

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.67% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85984)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

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

Published

26 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

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

## Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 5.5.5 or apply vendor patches addressing this issue.

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-2026-85984](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85984)
- [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2895f0c2-41b6-4b11-9865-3bded4402aa9?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2895f0c2-41b6-4b11-9865-3bded4402aa9?source=cve)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-otp-verification/tags/5.5.5/includes/js/loginform.js#L176](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-otp-verification/tags/5.5.5/includes/js/loginform.js#L176)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-otp-verification/tags/5.5.5/views/forms/mowploginform.php#L134](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-otp-verification/tags/5.5.5/views/forms/mowploginform.php#L134)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3687601/miniorange-otp-verification](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3687601/miniorange-otp-verification)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
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