FundEngine – Donation and Crowdfunding Platform <= 1.7.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The FundEngine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying user meta updated through the update_user_meta function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta which can be leveraged to update their capabilities to gain administrator access.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6698
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7f4q-mxmp-vrc9
References
More roxnor Fundengine vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-00697 WP Fundraising Donation and Crowdfunding Platform < 1.5.0 - Unauthenticated SQLi CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-6698 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-6698 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7f4q-mxmp-vrc9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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