# CVE-2023-4916: Login with phone number <= 1.5.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Password Change

> Attackers can change user passwords via CSRF by tricking administrators into clicking a link, leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qxmq-p4mw-7mw8

## What is CVE-2023-4916?

CVE-2023-4916 is a high-severity vulnerability in glboy OTP Login With Phone Number, OTP Verification, published on 13 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Login with phone number plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5.6. This is due to missing nonce validation on the 'lwp_update_password_action' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change user password via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4916?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Idehweb Login With Phone Number.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-4916?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4916 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-4916 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4916 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in glboy OTP Login With Phone Number, OTP Verification

- [CVE-2024-6482](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6482/): Login with phone number <= 1.7.49 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authorization Bypass to Privilege Escalation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-23492](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23492/): SQL injection in Login with Phone Number WordPress Plugin (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-0593](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0593/): Login with phone number < 1.3.7 - Unauthenticated remote plugin deletion (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-37429](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37429/): WordPress Login with phone number plugin <= 1.7.35 - Admin+ Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2022-0598](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0598/): Login with phone number < 1.3.8 - Multiple Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-4916 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-4916 is a high-severity vulnerability in glboy OTP Login With Phone Number, OTP Verification, published on 13 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4916 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: glboy OTP Login With Phone Number, OTP Verification. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4916/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4916/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4916
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4916
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4916

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4916/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.