Donation Forms by Charitable <= 1.7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

2023-08-17 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.7.0.13

Affected PluginCharitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns)

Affected Version<= 1.7.0.12

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2023-4404

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Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.7.0.13, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4404 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/522ecc1c-5834-4325-9234-79cf712213f3

CVSS Vector

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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