Description
The FundEngine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying user meta updated through the update_user_meta function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta which can be leveraged to update their capabilities to gain administrator access.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
34.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-862
Status
published
Products (2)
roxnor/FundEngine – Donation and Crowdfunding Platform
< 1.7.0
wpmet/fundengine
< 1.7.1
Published
Aug 01, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026