Vulnerability · Published Aug 1, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-6698FundEngine – Donation and Crowdfunding Platform <= 1.7.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity missing authorization in FundEngine – Donation and Crowdfunding Platform from roxnor. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The FundEngine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying user meta updated through the update_user_meta function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta which can be leveraged to update their capabilities to gain administrator access.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| roxnor | FundEngine – Donation and Crowdfunding Platform | 0 – through 1.7.0 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H