CVE-2023-40207 HIGH

CVE-2023-40207: WordPress Donations Made Easy – Smart Donations Plugin <= 4.0.12 is vulnerable to SQL Injection

Vendor Rednao
Product Donations Made Easy – Smart Donations
Weakness CWE-89 · SQLi
Published November 6, 2023
Last update April 29, 2026

CVSS base score

7.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in RedNao Donations Made Easy – Smart Donations allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Donations Made Easy – Smart Donations: from n/a through 4.0.12.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Donations Made Easy – Smart Donations versions up to 4.0.12 contain a SQL injection vulnerability accessible to high-privilege users. An attacker with admin or elevated permissions can craft malicious input to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially reading sensitive donation and user data. The vulnerability requires high-level access and does not allow data modification, but can impact site confidentiality and availability.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive database records including donation and user information via SQL injection.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Donation records, user data, and other sensitive database information could be exposed to privileged users with malicious intent.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level admin or elevated user privileges on the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

November 6, 2023 CVE published
April 29, 2026 Record updated

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