CVE-2023-2578

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.3 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Jul 10, 2023
Updated: Nov 7, 2023
CWE ID 862

Summary

CVE-2023-2578 is a vulnerability affecting the Buy Me a Coffee WordPress plugin before version 3.7. This issue permits high privilege users, including admins, to execute Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, bypassing the unfiltered_html capability restriction in multisite setups. The plugin fails to properly sanitise and escape certain settings, leaving the vulnerability open for exploitation. Successful attacks could lead to unauthorised code injection and potential site takeover. WordPress users are advised to update the plugin to the latest version to mitigate this risk.

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