9.8

CVE-2026-42731: miniorange miniorange otp verification Incorrect Privilege Assignment

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalDeferred
Published 27-05-2026Last modified 27-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-42731 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in miniorange miniorange otp verification. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.5% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 5.5.0.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.48%
0%100%
Low · +0.15 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in miniOrange miniorange otp verification miniorange-otp-verification allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects miniorange otp verification: from n/a through <= 5.4.9.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

41%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.15 pp

From 0.33% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.48%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Miniorange1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • miniorange-otp-verification≤ 5.4.9 (fixed in 5.5.0)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links