Charitable Donation Forms Plugin up to 1.7.0.12 on WordPress update_core_user role privileges management

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Charitable Donation Forms Plugin up to 1.7.0.12 on WordPress. The impacted element is the function update_core_user. This manipulation of the argument role causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-4404. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Charitable Donation Forms Plugin up to 1.7.0.12 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this vulnerability is the function update_core_user. The manipulation of the argument role with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 08/23/2023. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-4404 since 08/17/2023. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/10/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Charitable

Name

• Donation Forms Plugin

Version

• 1.7.0.0
• 1.7.0.1
• 1.7.0.2
• 1.7.0.3
• 1.7.0.4
• 1.7.0.5
• 1.7.0.6
• 1.7.0.7
• 1.7.0.8
• 1.7.0.9
• 1.7.0.10
• 1.7.0.11
• 1.7.0.12

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