CVE-2025-3876
HIGH
8.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
The SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to insufficient user OTP validation in the handleWpLoginCreateUserAction() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to impersonate any account by supplying its username or email and elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
Affected WordPress components
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SMS Alert – SMS & OTP for WooCommerce, Order Notifications & Abandoned Cart Recovery Plugin · sms-alertUp to and including 3.8.1View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- cozyvision1 SMS Alert – SMS & OTP for WooCommerce, Order Notifications & Abandoned Cart Recovery — Up to and including 3.8.1
- cozyvision sms_alert_order_notifications — Before 3.8.2
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sms-alert/tags/3.8.0/handler/forms/class-wplogin.php#L145 Product
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sms-alert/tags/3.8.0/handler/forms/class-wplogin.php#L447 Product
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3290478/ Patch
- wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/sms-alert/#developers Release Notes
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1cf65f79-d386-4dd4-a360-b2f764dfaf19?source=cve Third Party Advisory
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record