What is CVE-2023-2082?

CVE-2023-2082 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Buymeacoffee Buy Me A Coffee, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2023-07-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-2082?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-2082 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Buymeacoffee Buy Me A Coffee

CVE-2023-2082

The "Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin" plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.6 due to insufficient sanitization and escaping on the 'text value set via the bmc_post_reception action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions, and above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that execute whenever a victim accesses a page with the injected scripts.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Buymeacoffee Buy_me_a_coffee
Buymeacoffee Buy Me A Coffee – Button And Widget Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Exploit)
security@wordfence.com (Exploit)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2082?: CVE-2023-2082 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Buymeacoffee Buy Me A Coffee, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2023-07-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-2082?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2082 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.