Give - Donation Plugin <= 2.33.0 - Authenticated(Give Manager+) Privilege Escalation

2023-08-31 00:00

Rafie Muhammad

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.33.1

Affected PluginGiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform

Affected Version< 2.33.1

CVSS7.2High

CVECVE-2023-41665

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Vulnerability Overview

The Give - Donation Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to an insufficient capability check when updating default roles in versions up to, and including, 2.33.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Give Manager privileges to elevate their privileges to those of an administrator by setting the default role in the plugin's settings.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.33.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41665 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22ff4b09-063b-425e-9d59-be2e5d283186

CVSS Vector

7.2

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

Base

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

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