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CVE-2023-2082

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
July 14, 2023
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The "Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin" plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.6 due to insufficient sanitization and escaping on the 'text value set via the bmc_post_reception action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions, and above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that execute whenever a victim accesses a page with the injected scripts.

Affected WordPress components

  • Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin Plugin · buymeacoffee
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 3.6
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • buymeacoffee Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin — Up to and including 3.6
  • buymeacoffee buy_me_a_coffee — Before 3.7

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymeacoffee/trunk/admin/class-buy-me-a-coffee-admin.php?rev=2816542 Exploit
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymeacoffee/trunk/includes/class-buy-me-a-coffee.php?rev=2319979#L162 Exploit
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbuymeacoffee%2Ftags%2F3.6&old=2922493&new_path=%2Fbuymeacoffee%2Ftags%2F3.7&new=2922493&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ed9f8948-085b-4ac5-befd-c70085aa23cd?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record