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CVE-2023-4404

CRITICAL 9.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
August 23, 2023
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-269
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Affected WordPress components

  • Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) Plugin · charitable
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 1.7.0.12
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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

  • smub Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More — Up to and including 1.7.0.12
  • wpcharitable charitable — Up to and including 1.7.0.12

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.7.0.12/includes/users/class-charitable-user.php#L866 Product
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/522ecc1c-5834-4325-9234-79cf712213f3?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record