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.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
charitable
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| CVE | CVE-2023-4404 |
| Patched Versions |
1.7.0.13
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| Affected Versions |
*-1.7.0.12
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