CVE-2024-9863

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

2024-10-16 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 3.6.1
Affected Plugin: Miniorange OTP Verification with Firebase
Affected Version: <= 3.6.0
CVSS: 9.8Critical
Weakness type: CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVE: CVE-2024-9863

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At a glance

CVE-2024-9863 is a critical-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the Miniorange OTP Verification with Firebase WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.6.0. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.6.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2024, reported by István Márton.

Vulnerability Overview

The 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.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Remediation

Update to version 3.6.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Miniorange OTP Verification with Firebase 3.6.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9863 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f04eab14-dd86-4145-b5eb-20d064bc8417 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9863

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Miniorange OTP Verification with Firebase

CVSS Vector

9.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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