CVE-2025-3876 Privilege escalation in SMS Alert – SMS & OTP for WooCommerce, Order Notifications & Abandoned Cart Recovery

High 8.8 Published 10 May 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator by bypassing OTP validation in the SMS Alert WooCommerce plugin.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-3876?

CVE-2025-3876 is a high-severity vulnerability in cozyvision1 SMS Alert – SMS & OTP for WooCommerce, Order Notifications & Abandoned Cart Recovery, published on 10 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to insufficient user OTP validation in the handleWpLoginCreateUserAction() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to impersonate any account by supplying its username or email and elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3876?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cozyvision Sms Alert Order Notifications.

How do I fix CVE-2025-3876?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3876 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-3876 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3876 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7q3g-fmhh-pjvm.