SB2025051228 - Multiple vulnerabilities in SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce plugin for WordPress
Published: May 12, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Missing Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3876)
CWE-ID: CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authorization checks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient user OTP validation in the handleWpLoginCreateUserAction() function. A remote user can gain elevated privileges on the target system.
2) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3878)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the sa_verify shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sms-alert/tags/3.8.0/handler/forms/class-wplogin.php#L145
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sms-alert/tags/3.8.0/handler/forms/class-wplogin.php#L447
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3290478/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/sms-alert/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1cf65f79-d386-4dd4-a360-b2f764dfaf19?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sms-alert/tags/3.8.0/helper/shortcode.php#L103
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a85461b7-6d16-435c-a149-ad25419a1585?source=cve