CVE-2024-9686: Order Notification for Telegram <= 1.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Send Telegram Test Message

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Order Notification for Telegram plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized test message sending due to a missing capability check on the 'nktgnfw_send_test_message' function in versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send a test message via the Telegram Bot API to the user configured in the settings.

Affected products

choplugins Order Notification for Telegram: through 1.0.1

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/order-notification-for-telegram/tags/1.0.1/inc/admin_ajax.php#L5
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c182b4f2-c67b-4e82-a790-6d98946ebf2c?source=cve

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