Give - Donation Plugin <= 2.33.0 - Authenticated(Give Manager+) Privilege Escalation

Improper Input Validation
CVE CVE-2023-41665
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published August 31, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Rafie Muhammad
Description

The Give - Donation Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to an insufficient capability check when updating default roles in versions up to, and including, 2.33.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Give Manager privileges to elevate their privileges to those of an administrator by setting the default role in the plugin's settings.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug give (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.33.1
Patched Version
  • 2.33.1
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