PT-2023-29078 · WordPress · Donation Forms By Charitable

István Márton + 1 · Published 2023-08-23 · Updated 2023-08-28 · CVE-2023-4404

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Donation Forms by Charitable plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.7.0.12

Description The issue allows for privilege escalation due to insufficient restriction on the update core user function. This enables unauthenticated attackers to specify their user role by supplying the role parameter during registration.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.7.0.12, consider disabling the update core user function until a patch is available. Restrict access to the registration process to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the role parameter in the affected registration endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-4404

Affected Products

Donation Forms By Charitable

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4404 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4404 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/57459 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/522ecc1c-5834-4325-9234-79cf712213f3?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.7.0.12/includes/users/class-charitable-user.php#L866 · Note