Critical severity · published Aug 23, 2023
CVE-2023-4404
Donation Forms by Charitable <= 1.7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
9.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Donation Forms by Charitable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.7.0.12 due to insufficient restriction on the 'update_core_user' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to specify their user role by supplying the 'role' parameter during a registration.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 60% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CD
Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More · smub
through 1.7.0.12 · source: vendor
CH
Charitable · Wpcharitable
through 1.7.0.12 · source: NVD
Affected product
CD
Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More
smub
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4404
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4404
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.7.0.12/includes/users/class-charitable-user.php#L866
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/522ecc1c-5834-4325-9234-79cf712213f3?source=cve
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