MajorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-94256 (CVSS 8.1)

NVD · officialPublished Oct 10, 2026Risk 37/100EPSS 0.1%

The SMS Alert WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not verify that the account being logged in is the one the verified one-time code belongs to, allowing unauthenticated attackers to sign in as any user with a stored phone number, including an administrator, by completing a code challenge on a phone they control.

Technical details

CVSS

8.1

AV:NetworkAC:HighPR:NoneUI:NoneC:HighI:HighA:High

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