How severe is CVE-2023-4404?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-4404 known to be exploited?

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

Privilege escalation in Smub Charitable – Donation Plugin For Wordpress Fundraising With Recurring Donations & More

CVE-2023-4404

The Donation Forms by Charitable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.7.0.12 due to insufficient restriction on the 'update_core_user' function. This makes it possible for unauthent…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.003 (53.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Smub Charitable – Donation Plugin For Wordpress Fundraising With Recurring Donations & More — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4404?: CVE-2023-4404 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Smub Charitable – Donation Plugin For Wordpress Fundraising With Recurring Donations & More, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2023-4404?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4404 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.