CVE-2026-96228 PUBLISHED

SSL Wireless SMS Notification <= 3.8.1 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 22.09.2026 Published: 29.10.2026 Updated: 29.10.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.1

Product Status

Vendor sslplugins
Product SSL Wireless SMS Notification
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 3.8.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • antaloaalonso finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication CWE