Unauthenticated privilege escalation
Published May 27, 2026 · Updated May 27, 2026
Privilege escalation in miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications 5.4.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain higher privileges. Patchstack has not published the affected code locus or the operation that assigns an incorrect privilege to untrusted requests. No account or user interaction is required, and successful exploitation grants control at the improperly assigned privilege level.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications 5.4.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain higher privileges. Patchstack has not published the affected code locus or the operation that assigns an incorrect privilege to untrusted requests. No account or user interaction is required, and successful exploitation grants control at the improperly assigned privilege level.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-42731
- Published
- May 27, 2026
- Updated
- May 27, 2026
- Vendor
- miniOrange
- Product
- miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications
- Classifications
- CWE-266, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=5.4.9 changes=[{"at":"5.5.0","status":"unaffected"}]
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