CVE-2023-4404 (GCVE-0-2023-4404)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-23 01:58
Modified
2026-04-08 16:52
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| smub | Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More |
Version: 0 ≤ 1.7.0.12 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
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