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)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ed9f8948-085b-4ac5-befd-c7008… (Third Party Advisory)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymeacoffee/trunk/includes/class-buy-me-a-c… (Exploit)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymeacoffee/trunk/admin/class-buy-me-a-coff… (Exploit)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset (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.