BlogSafe.org

WordPress CVEs

Search and review WordPress-related vulnerability records.

← Back to CVE list

CVE-2025-9967

CRITICAL 9.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
October 15, 2025
Last modified
September 26, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-288
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The Orion SMS OTP Verification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.7. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's password to a one-time password if the attacker knows the user's phone number

Affected WordPress components

  • Orion SMS OTP Verification. Plugin · orion-sms-otp-verification
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 1.1.7
    View 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

  • gsayed786 Orion SMS OTP Verification. — Up to and including 1.1.7

References