CVE-2026-96228 (GCVE-0-2026-96228)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-29 03:39
Modified
2026-10-29 10:45
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Summary
SSL Wireless SMS Notification for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.1. The public final_login_ajax_action handler resolves a user and issues an authenticated session by matching the wp_sslcare_otp table on only the attacker-supplied phone and cap_data, without verifying the SMS OTP or any server-side single-use state. Because cap_data was chosen by the attacker in the public otp_login_ajax_action step (which stores the row before sending the SMS), the finalize step trivially matches and the user is looked up solely by the sslcare_login_phone meta. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers who know a phone-linked user's number to take over that account.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sslplugins | SSL Wireless SMS Notification |
Version: 0 ≤ 3.8.1 |
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