{"id":64310,"date":"2025-08-25T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-16T12:31:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:31:59","slug":"cve-2025-8342-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-woocommerce-otp-login-with-phone-number-otp-verification-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8342-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-woocommerce-otp-login-with-phone-number-otp-verification-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-8342: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in WooCommerce OTP Login With Phone Number, OTP Verification Plugin<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system recently identified a significant vulnerability in the WooCommerce OTP Login With Phone Number, OTP Verification plugin for WordPress. This vulnerability, officially designated as CVE-2025-8342, poses a serious threat to any WordPress websites using this plugin for their authentication process. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43275-critical-race-condition-vulnerability-in-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71644\">vulnerability is particularly critical<\/a> because it allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass One-Time Password (OTP) verification and gain administrative access to any user account with a configured phone number.<br \/>\nThis security flaw could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49691-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-windows-media-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72213\">potentially lead to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage, causing significant harm to businesses and individuals alike. It&#8217;s crucial for any affected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44955-critical-vulnerability-in-ruckus-network-director-allows-jail-users-to-gain-root-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76042\">users to understand the nature of this vulnerability<\/a> and take appropriate steps to mitigate its risks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-8342<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.1 CVSS Severity Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Potential system compromise or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53495-unauthorized-access-data-leakage-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72606\">data leakage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2209053245\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>WooCommerce OTP Login With Phone Number, OTP Verification Plugin | All versions up to and including 1.8.47<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This vulnerability lies in the insufficient empty value checking in the lwp_ajax_register function of the WooCommerce OTP Login With Phone Number, OTP Verification <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7384-php-object-injection-vulnerability-in-wordpress-plugin-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79058\">plugin for WordPress<\/a>. When the Firebase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32801-kea-configuration-and-api-directives-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77636\">API key is not configured<\/a> properly, the plugin&#8217;s improper error handling could be exploited by an attacker.<br \/>\nAn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53825-unauthenticated-preview-deployment-vulnerability-in-dokploy\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71988\">unauthenticated attacker can take advantage of this vulnerability<\/a> by sending a crafted request that bypasses the OTP verification. This allows the attacker to gain administrative access to any user account with a configured phone number, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30327-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-incopy-leading-to-potential-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73714\">leading to potential<\/a> system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3125816070\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This is not an actual exploit code but a simplified example to demonstrate the concept.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=lwp_ajax_register HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{\n&quot;phone_number&quot;: &quot;victim_phone_number&quot;,\n&quot;otp&quot;: &quot;any_value&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-9408-server-side-request-forgery-attack-in-eclipse-glassfish\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77416\">attacker sends a POST request<\/a> to the `lwp_ajax_register` endpoint with a victim&#8217;s phone number and any value as the OTP. Since the plugin does not properly check empty values, the request <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-57154-critical-access-control-bypass-vulnerability-in-dts-shop-v0-0-1-snapshot\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76542\">bypasses the OTP verification and the attacker gains administrative access<\/a> to the victim&#8217;s account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5821-critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-case-theme-user-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83260\">Users affected by this vulnerability<\/a> should apply the vendor patch as soon as it is available. As a temporary mitigation, users can also employ a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to help detect and prevent exploitation attempts. Regular system and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6754-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-seo-metrics-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72724\">plugin updates are also recommended to avoid potential vulnerabilities<\/a> in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system recently identified a significant vulnerability in the WooCommerce OTP Login With Phone Number, OTP Verification plugin for WordPress. This vulnerability, officially designated as CVE-2025-8342, poses a serious threat to any WordPress websites using this plugin for their authentication process. This vulnerability is particularly critical because it allows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[75],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-64310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-authentication-bypass"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64310"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75803,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64310\/revisions\/75803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64310"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=64310"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=64310"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=64310"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=64310"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=64310"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=64310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}