CVE-2024-6482

Login with phone number <= 1.7.49 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authorization Bypass to Privilege Escalation

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 14, 2024 at 12:31 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:18 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsLogin with Phone NumberOtp Login with Phone NumberLogin with Phone Number

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Login with phone number plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.49. This is due to a lack of validation and missing capability check on user-supplied data in the 'lwp_update_password_action' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update their role to any other role, including Administrator. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 1.7.40. The login with phone number pro plugin was required to exploit the vulnerability in versions 1.7.40 - 1.7.49.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

1.7.40 ≤ v < 1.7.50
Affected range stops below 1.7.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≤ 1.7.49
v ≤ 1.7.49

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.8HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-269NVD-CWE-noinfo

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