CVE-2023-25030 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-25030: WordPress Buy Me a Coffee plugin <= 3.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Buy Me A Coffee

Product Buy Me a Coffee

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published June 12, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Buy Me a Coffee.This issue affects Buy Me a Coffee: from n/a through 3.7.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Buy Me a Coffee version 3.7 and earlier lacks proper authorization checks, allowing an attacker to modify data through a crafted request. The vulnerability requires user interaction—typically clicking a malicious link—and does not expose sensitive information or disrupt service availability. Site owners should update to a version newer than 3.7 when available.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Modify site data or settings by tricking a user into clicking a malicious link.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Unauthorized changes to site content or configuration if a user is socially engineered.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Victim must click an attacker-supplied link; no authentication required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 12, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25030 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

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