Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Buy Me a Coffee Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-2079

8.3HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Buy Me A Coffee – Button And Widget Plugin
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 July 2023

Summary

The Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to insufficient nonce validation in specific functions including receive_post, bmc_disconnect, name_post, and widget_post. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to change plugin settings by tricking site administrators into performing unintended actions, such as clicking a malicious link, thus compromising site integrity and security.

Affected Version(s)

Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin * <= 3.7

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymeacoffee/t...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymeacoffee/t...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.3
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
.