CVE-2026-96228

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.

• CWE-287

• https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ssl-wireless-sms-notification/tags/3.8.1/sslWireless.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e4947d5-91f3-4b36-b309-7c52c483be3d?source=cve
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/ssl-wireless-sms-notification/ssl-wireless-sms-notification-360-unauthenticated-privilege-escalation

Published

Oct 29, 2026

Last Modified

Oct 29, 2026

Status

Deferred

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