Donation Button <= 4.0.0 - Missing Authorization

2022-11-16 00:00

István Márton

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginDonation Button

Affected Version<= 4.0.0

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2022-4004

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Vulnerability Overview

The Donation Button plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the donation_button_twilio_send_test_sms AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 4.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to use the plugin's Twilio integration to send SMS messages to arbitrary phone numbers.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4004 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a2b809f5-0384-43f5-8839-67bf059360eb

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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