CVE-2023-2578 json
Buy Me a Coffee < 3.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS
published 2023-07-10 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-34056
- cvss
- 4.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Buy Me a Coffee WordPress plugin before 3.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Patch / fix
- Unknown Buy Me a Coffee 3.7
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 23 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4dad1c0d-bcf9-4486-bd8e-387ac8e6c892 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- Unknown Buy Me a Coffee
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/4dad1c0d-bcf9-4486-bd8e-387ac8e6c892
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-2578
- NVD CVE-2023-2578
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