CVE-2023-4404 (GCVE-0-2023-4404)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-23 01:58 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:52
VLAI?
Title
Donation Forms by Charitable <= 1.7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
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.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
smub Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.7.0.12 (semver)
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Credits
István Márton
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