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GHSA-JJRX-X5MM-P728

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-11 03:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 05:54

Details

The "Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin" plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to missing capability checks on the recieve_post, bmc_disconnect, name_post, and widget_post functions in versions up to, and including, 3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as subscribers, to update the plugins settings. CVE-2023-25030 may be a duplicate of this issue.

Severity

7.3 (High)


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

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CVE-2023-2078 (GCVE-0-2023-2078)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-11 02:03 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:19

Title

Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin <= 3.7 - Missing Authorization

Summary

Severity

7.3 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymea…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymea…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
buymeacoffee	Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin	Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.7 (semver)

Credits

István Márton

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-JJRX-X5MM-P728

CVE-2023-2078 (GCVE-0-2023-2078)

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