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TI-2023-01954 Aliases CVE-2023-2078GHSA-jjrx-x5mm-p728

Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin <= 3.7 - Missing Authorization

Priority HIGH 71CWE-862Published · Updated

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

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00547 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
buymeacoffeeBuy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Pluginup to 3.7—No fix listedCNA
  • Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin Vendorbuymeacoffee Affected up to 3.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:buymeacoffee:buy_me_a_coffee:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 3.8Vulnerablebuymeacoffee
  • 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

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2078
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jjrx-x5mm-p728

References

  • 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