CVE-2023-41665

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 Plugin
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
Affected Version
< 2.33.1
CVSS
7.2High
Weakness type
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
CVE
CVE-2023-41665
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At a glance

CVE-2023-41665 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the GiveWP WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 2.33.1. It carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Give Manager level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.33.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2023, reported by Rafie Muhammad.

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

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Reaching this weakness in GiveWP < 2.33.1 takes an account at Give Manager level or above. Improper input validation means the application accepts input without confirming it has the form, type or range the code downstream assumes.

The concrete impact depends on where the unvalidated value lands, which is why records in this class range from cosmetic bugs to full compromise. For GiveWP the fix is 2.33.1: builds < 2.33.1 are affected, anything from 2.33.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.33.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Give Manager access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: GiveWP 2.33.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41665https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22ff4b09-063b-425e-9d59-be2e5d283186https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41665

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