Vulnerability Report
Plugin High No patch listed CVE-2023-40207

Donations Made Easy – Smart Donations <= 4.0.12 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection

The Donations Made Easy – Smart Donations plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via an unknown parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.0.12 due to insufficient escaping on a user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Quick Answer

CVE-2023-40207 is a high severity with CVSS 7.2 SQL Injection issue affecting the Plugin Donations Made Easy – Smart Donations. It affects Versions up to 4.0.12 and is listed without a confirmed patched release.

Published
Aug 11, 2023
Last Updated
Jan 22, 2024
Slug
smart-donations
Operational Summary

What the operator needs to know

Patch Status
No patched release listed
Remediation
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Operator Briefing

CVE-2023-40207 is tracked for the Plugin Donations Made Easy – Smart Donations as high severity with CVSS 7.2. The affected range is Versions up to 4.0.12. No fixed release is listed in this feed entry, so operators should monitor the vendor and reference links before accepting the risk.

Issue Type
SQL Injection
Primary Fixed Version
Not published
Primary Affected Range
Versions up to 4.0.12
Tracking ID
CVE-2023-40207
Detailed Metadata
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug
smart-donations View on wordpress.org
CVE CVE-2023-40207
Patched Versions
No patched versions published.
Affected Versions
Versions up to 4.0.12
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