CVE-2024-13553

SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce <= 3.7.9 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation

criticalAuthentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
9.8
CVSS Score
9.8
CVSS Score
critical
Severity
3.8.0
Patched in
1d
Time to patch

Description

The SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.7.9. This is due to the plugin using the Host header to determine if the plugin is in a playground environment. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to spoof the Host header to make the OTP code "1234" and authenticate as any user, including administrators.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=3.7.9
PublishedMarch 31, 2025
Last updatedApril 1, 2025
Affected pluginsms-alert

Source Code

WordPress.org SVN

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