Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin <= 3.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The "Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin" plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.6 due to insufficient sanitization and escaping on the 'text value set via the bmc_post_reception action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions, and above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that execute whenever a victim accesses a page with the injected scripts.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 3.6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin Vendorbuymeacoffee Affected up to 3.6 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 3.7 | Vulnerable | buymeacoffee |
- cpe:2.3:a:buymeacoffee:buy_me_a_coffee:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.7 Vulnerable ·buymeacoffee
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2082
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f2qm-cj3h-v89v
References
Exploit 2
More buymeacoffee Buy Me A Coffee vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-01954 Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin <= 3.7 - Missing Authorization CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- 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-2023-10503 WordPress Buy Me a Coffee plugin <= 3.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2023-2082 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-2082 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f2qm-cj3h-v89v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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