CVE-2023-2706 OTP Login Woocommerce & Gravity Forms <= 2.2 - Authentication Bypass to Privilege Escalation
Unauthenticated attackers can obtain admin OTP codes via AJAX responses to bypass authentication and escalate privileges, requiring knowledge of the target's phone number.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-2706?
CVE-2023-2706 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in xootix OTP Login & Register Woocommerce, published on 17 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The OTP Login Woocommerce & Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass. This is due to the fact that when generating OTP codes for users to use in order to login via phone number, the plugin returns these codes in an AJAX response. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain login codes for administrators. This does require an attacker have access to the phone number configured for an account, which can be obtained via social engineering or reconnaissance.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2706?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xootix Otp Login Woocommerce \& Gravity Forms.
How do I fix CVE-2023-2706?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2706 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2023-2706 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2706 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gvw7-839w-8f56.