Account takeover via brute-forced one-time password
Published Jul 20, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Weak one-time-password authentication in WPWeb WooCommerce Social Login 2.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to access non-admin accounts. The one-time-password verification mechanism lacks brute-force controls and accepts repeated guesses against a known user email. Successful guessing authenticates as any targeted user except an Administrator, exposing that account’s WordPress privileges and data.
Summary
What happened
Weak one-time-password authentication in WPWeb WooCommerce Social Login 2.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to access non-admin accounts. The one-time-password verification mechanism lacks brute-force controls and accepts repeated guesses against a known user email. Successful guessing authenticates as any targeted user except an Administrator, exposing that account’s WordPress privileges and data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-6637
- Published
- Jul 20, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- WPWeb Elite
- Product
- WooCommerce Social Login
- Classifications
- CWE-305, T1110.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 20, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2.7.3
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