Miniorange OTP Verification with Firebase <= 3.6.0 - Privilege Escalation via Registration due to Administrator Default User Role Value

Summary

CVECVE-2024-9863
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-10-17 02:15:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 19:22:43 UTC
DescriptionThe Miniorange OTP Verification with Firebase plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 3.6.0 due to the insecure 'administrator' default value for the 'default_user_role' option. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register an administrator user even if the registration form is disabled.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.006770000 probability, percentile 0.714950000 (date 2026-04-13)

Problem Types: CWE-266 | CWE-266 CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Cyberlord92 Miniorange OTP Verification With Firebase affected 3.6.0 semver Not specified
ADP Miniorange Otp Verification affected 3.6.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-firebase-sms-otp-verification/tags/3.6.0/h... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3169869/miniorange-firebase-sms-otp-verification [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f04eab14-dd86-4145-b5eb-20d06... [email protected] www.wordfence.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: István Márton (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2024-10-11T00:00:00.000ZDiscovered
CNA2024-10-11T00:00:00.000ZVendor Notified
CNA2024-10-16T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed
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