MStore API < 4.21.0 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Firebase Phone Authentication
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
The MStore API WordPress plugin before 4.21.0 does not correctly verify the cryptographic signature of the token used to authenticate its phone-based login, allowing unauthenticated attackers who know a registered user's phone number to forge a token and take over that user's account, including administrator accounts.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | MStore API | before 4.21.0 | 4.21.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- MStore API VendorUnknown Affected before 4.21.0 Fixed in 4.21.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA MStore API (Unknown) Fixed in 4.21.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
MStore API 4.21.0
4 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-13422 MStore API < 4.21.0 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via Multiple Payment GatewaysPriority HIGH 80
- TI-2026-13424 MStore API < 4.21.0 - Unauthenticated Product Review CreationPriority HIGH 72
- TI-2026-13423 MStore API < 4.21.0 - Subscriber+ Order and Customer PII Disclosure via IDORPriority MEDIUM 62
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-16030
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w2g6-85hw-mgcv
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-16030 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-16030 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w2g6-85hw-mgcv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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