What is CVE-2022-4004?

CVE-2022-4004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Donation Button Project, classified under CWE-862 MISSING AUTHORIZATION. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-4004?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-4004 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Donation Button Project

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.

Published 2022-12-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Donation Button Project
Donation Button — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/6a3bcfb3-3ede-459d-969f-b7b30dafd098 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4004?: CVE-2022-4004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Donation Button Project, classified under CWE-862 MISSING AUTHORIZATION. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-4004?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4004 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.