CVE-2023-4404

CRITICAL

Charitable < 1.7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Registration Role Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0076
EPSS Percentile 50.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (2)
smub/Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More < 1.7.0.12
wpcharitable/charitable < 1.7.0.12
Published Aug 23, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026