Vulnerability · Published Aug 23, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2023-4404Donation Forms by Charitable <= 1.7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Critical 9.8

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A critical-severity privilege mismanagement in Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More from smub. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
smub	Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More	0 – through 1.7.0.12

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Affected products (as reported)

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