CVE-2023-4404 Donation Forms by Charitable <= 1.7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges by specifying their user role during registration in the Charitable WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-4404?
CVE-2023-4404 is a critical vulnerability in smub Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More, published on 23 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4404?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpcharitable Charitable.
How do I fix CVE-2023-4404?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4404 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-4404 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4404 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in smub Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More
- CVE-2024-8791 Auth bypass in Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More
- CVE-2018-21011 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2022-47441 WordPress Charitable Plugin <= 1.7.0.10 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-47816 WordPress Charitable Plugin <= 1.7.0.13 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2021-24531 Charitable – Donation Plugin < 1.6.51 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r6gx-4w42-5379.