CVE-2023-2078 HIGH

CVE-2023-2078: Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin <= 3.7 - Missing Authorization

Vendor Buymeacoffee
Product Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin
Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization
Published July 11, 2023
Last update April 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

7.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 11, 2023 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated

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