{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4404 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4404 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-4404 is a critical vulnerability in smub Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations \u0026 More, published on 23 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-4404 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-4404 is a critical vulnerability in smub Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations \u0026 More, published on 23 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4404 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: smub Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations \u0026 More. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4404/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4404/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-4404","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4404/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-4404","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-r6gx-4w42-5379"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges by specifying their user role during registration in the Charitable WordPress plugin.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"charitable","vendor":"wpcharitable"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Donation Forms by Charitable \u003c= 1.7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2023-4404","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"XSS in KC Group's E-Commerce Software","id":"CVE-2023-4406"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Essential Blocks \u003c= 4.2.0 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via products","id":"CVE-2023-4402"},"products":["Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations \u0026 More"],"published":"2023-08-23","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Auth bypass in Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations \u0026 More","id":"CVE-2024-8791","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-09-24"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-21011","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-09-09"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"WordPress Charitable Plugin \u003c= 1.7.0.10 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2022-47441","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-05-10"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"WordPress Charitable Plugin \u003c= 1.7.0.13 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-47816","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-11-22"},{"cvss_score":5.4,"headline":"Charitable – Donation Plugin \u003c 1.6.51 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2021-24531","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-23"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["smub"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges by specifying their user role during registration in the Charitable WordPress plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4404/"}