CVE-2023-4404

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
WordfenceCNA
9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEADP
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CISA-ADPADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 47%
VendorProductVersion
wpcharitablecharitable
𝑥
≤ 1.7.0.12
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= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.7.0.12/includes/users/class-charitable-user.php#L866
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/522ecc1c-5834-4325-9234-79cf712213f3?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.7.0.12/includes/users/class-charitable-user.php#L866
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/522ecc1c-5834-4325-9234-79cf712213f3?source=cve