# CVE-2026-94257: SMS Alert 3.9.6 - 4.0.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Password Reset

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-10. Updated: 2026-11-06.

The SMS Alert WordPress plugin before 4.0.3 does not bind the account whose password is being changed to the phone number that was actually verified during its OTP password reset, allowing unauthenticated attackers to set a new password on an arbitrary account, including an administrator, by verifying a one-time code sent to a phone number they control.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Unknown / SMS Alert: ≥ 3.9.6; < 4.0.3 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: WPScan

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 8.1 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: ADP: CISA-ADP

- CVSS 3.1: 8.1 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.23% as of 2026-11-05; percentile 13.44%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable yes; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-269

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4c32fa5b-4677-4f62-8856-fbe9c601fc36/ (CNA: WPScan)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4c32fa5b-4677-4f62-8856-fbe9c601fc36/ (CNA: WPScan; exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description)

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4c32fa5b-4677-4f62-8856-fbe9c601fc36/ (contact@wpscan.com)

## Provenance

- CNA: WPScan: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94257; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated 2026-11-06

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94257; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated 2026-11-06

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-94257; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated Not reported

Revision: 42a5042870d8fbae6209c4de9ada7f96737b9523e01ad77028f577e061e838e3

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