What is CVE-2023-2578?

CVE-2023-2578 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Buymeacoffee Buy_me_a_coffee, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2023-2578?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-2578 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Buymeacoffee Buy_me_a_coffee

CVE-2023-2578

The Buy Me a Coffee WordPress plugin before 3.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability…

EPSS: 0.005 (37.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Buymeacoffee Buy_me_a_coffee
Unknown Buy Me A Coffee — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2578?: CVE-2023-2578 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Buymeacoffee Buy_me_a_coffee, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2023-2578?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2578 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.