CVE-2023-4404

Donation Forms by Charitable <= 1.7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Published Aug 23, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-54267 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.
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Apr 8, 2026, 4:52 PM
Reserved
Aug 17, 2023, 6:17 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 23, 2023, 2:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM