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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2023-4404 EUVD-2023-54267GHSA-r6gx-4w42-5379

Donation Forms by Charitable <= 1.7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Published Aug 23, 2023 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

The Donation Forms by Charitable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.7.0.12 due to insufficient restriction on the 'update_core_user' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to specify their user role by supplying the 'role' parameter during a registration.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
smub Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More ≤ 1.7.0.12 —

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