Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin <= 3.7 - Missing Authorization
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The "Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin" plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to missing capability checks on the recieve_post, bmc_disconnect, name_post, and widget_post functions in versions up to, and including, 3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as subscribers, to update the plugins settings. CVE-2023-25030 may be a duplicate of this issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| buymeacoffee | Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin | up to 3.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin Vendorbuymeacoffee Affected up to 3.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:buymeacoffee:buy_me_a_coffee:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 3.8 | Vulnerable | buymeacoffee |
- cpe:2.3:a:buymeacoffee:buy_me_a_coffee:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.8 Vulnerable ·buymeacoffee
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2078
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jjrx-x5mm-p728
References
Exploit 2
More buymeacoffee Buy Me A Coffee vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-01955 Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin <= 3.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2023-02409 Buy Me a Coffee < 3.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2023-01957 Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin <= 3.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2023-10503 WordPress Buy Me a Coffee plugin <= 3.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2023-2078 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-2078 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jjrx-x5mm-p728 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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