# CVE-2023-25030: WordPress Buy Me a Coffee plugin <= 3.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the Buy Me a Coffee WordPress plugin to access restricted functionality.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-457m-vq92-44f4

## What is CVE-2023-25030?

CVE-2023-25030 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Buy Me a Coffee, published on 12 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Buy Me a Coffee.This issue affects Buy Me a Coffee: from n/a through 3.7.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25030?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Buymeacoffee Buy Me a Coffee.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-25030?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25030 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-25030 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25030 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Buy Me a Coffee

- [CVE-2023-2078](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2078/): Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin <= 3.7 - Missing Authorization (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-2079](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2079/): Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin <= 3.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-2082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2082/): Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin <= 3.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-2578](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2578/): Buy Me a Coffee < 3.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-25030 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-25030 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Buy Me a Coffee, published on 12 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25030 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Buy Me a Coffee. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25030/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25030/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25030
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25030
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-25030

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25030/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.