{"id":"CVE-2026-115967","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-115967"],"related":[],"title":"WordPress Login with phone number plugin: weak authentication allows authentication abuse","description":"Weak Authentication vulnerability in Hamid Alinia Login with phone number login-with-phone-number allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Login with phone number: from n/a through 1.8.78.","summary":"The Login with phone number plugin by Hamid Alinia has a weak authentication flaw in versions through 1.8.78. The sources say it allows authentication abuse, which likely means an attacker can log in or bypass the login check without valid credentials.","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["login-with-phone-number","runtime","wordpress"],"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed version of the Login with phone number plugin in the WordPress admin plugin list, or in the plugin's main file header.","fix":"- Versions through `1.8.78` are affected; the sources do not name a fixed version.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-29T11:17:31+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T11:24:28+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-29T11:25:25+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-29T11:25:25+00:00","category":"runtime","confidence":0.5,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-29T11:25:25Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Versions through `1.8.78` are affected; the sources do not name a fixed version.\n- unknown","reach":"internet","title":"WordPress Login with phone number plugin: weak authentication allows authentication abuse","impact":"high","summary":"The Login with phone number plugin by Hamid Alinia has a weak authentication flaw in versions through 1.8.78. The sources say it allows authentication abuse, which likely means an attacker can log in or bypass the login check without valid credentials.","audience":"businesses","category":"runtime","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wordpress","login-with-phone-number"],"confidence":0.5,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"unknown","worst_case":"attacker may bypass login and act as another user","analyst_note":"Find the NVD entry's CVSS vector and the plugin's changelog or WordPress.org page to confirm the fixed version and the exact trigger.","how_to_check":"- Check the installed version of the Login with phone number plugin in the WordPress admin plugin list, or in the plugin's main file header.\n- unknown","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed"],"who_is_affected":"Sites running the Login with phone number plugin at version `1.8.78` or earlier are the ones the sources describe. The sources do not say which login paths or settings are needed to trigger it. unknown","user_interaction":"unknown","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"unknown"},"cost_usd":0.000672,"input_tokens":4095,"output_tokens":524,"severity_before":"high"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-115967':14A,17A '-2026':13A,16A '1.8.78':42B,93C 'abus':11A,49B 'abuse.this':83C 'affect':85C 'alinia':33B,71C 'allow':9A,47B,81C 'attack':54B 'authent':8A,10A,37B,48B,67C,82C 'bypass':59B 'check':62B 'credenti':65B 'cve':12A,15A 'flaw':38B 'hamid':32B,70C 'issu':84C 'like':51B 'log':56B 'login':2A,19B,26B,61B,72C,77C,86C 'login-with-phone-numb':18B,76C 'mean':52B 'n/a':91C 'number':5A,22B,29B,75C,80C,89C 'phone':4A,21B,28B,74C,79C,88C 'plugin':6A,30B 'runtim':23B 'say':45B 'sourc':44B 'valid':64B 'version':40B 'vulner':68C 'weak':7A,36B,66C 'without':63B 'wordpress':1A,24B","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Sites running the Login with phone number plugin at version `1.8.78` or earlier are the ones the sources describe. The sources do not say which login paths or settings are needed to trigger it. unknown","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"unknown","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-29T11:17:31+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvss_by":"audit@patchstack.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-115967","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115967","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-29T11:17:31+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-29T11:17:31+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T11:24:28+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-29T11:24:28+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}