Vulnerability · Published Apr 1, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-13553SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce <= 3.7.9 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity authentication bypass in SMS Alert – SMS & OTP for WooCommerce, Order Notifications & Abandoned Cart Recovery from cozyvision1. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| cozyvision1 | SMS Alert – SMS & OTP for WooCommerce, Order Notifications & Abandoned Cart Recovery | 0 – through 3.7.9 |
Weakness: CWE-288 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e444a30-11c5-4219-b4fe-635084cbac3a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3248017%40sms-alert&new=3248017%40sms-alert&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3227241%40sms-alert&new=3227241%40sms-alert&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=