Donation Button <= 4.0.0 - Subscriber+ Broken Access Control leading to SMS Spam
CVE-2022-4004

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Donation Button
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 December 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2022-4004?

The Donation Button WordPress plugin through 4.0.0 does not properly check for privileges and nonce tokens in its "donation_button_twilio_send_test_sms" AJAX action, which may allow any users with an account on the affected site, like subscribers, to use the plugin's Twilio integration to send SMSes to arbitrary phone numbers.

Affected Version(s)

Donation Button 0 <= 4.0.0

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2022-4004 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6a3bcfb3-3ede-459d-969f-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
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