# CVE-2024-9686: Order Notification for Telegram <= 1.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Send Telegram Test Message

> Unauthenticated attackers can send Telegram test messages due to missing capability checks in the Order Notification for Telegram plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8hcw-gcjm-jwmj

## What is CVE-2024-9686?

CVE-2024-9686 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in choplugins Order Notification for Telegram, published on 25 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Order Notification for Telegram plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized test message sending due to a missing capability check on the 'nktgnfw_send_test_message' function in versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send a test message via the Telegram Bot API to the user configured in the settings.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9686?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Choplugins Order Notification for Telegram.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9686?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9686 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9686 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9686 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9686 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9686 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in choplugins Order Notification for Telegram, published on 25 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9686 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: choplugins Order Notification for Telegram. 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-2024-9686/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9686/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9686
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9686
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9686

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9686/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.