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 is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Published 2023-07-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.2% 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

Buymeacoffee Buy Me A Coffee
Buy Me A Coffee — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/4dad1c0d-bcf9-4486-bd8e-387ac8e6c892 (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.