Whydonate – FREE Donate button <= 3.12.14 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

4.3
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2023-29238
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 10, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher easyBug

Description

The Whydonate – FREE Donate button plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.12.14. This is due to missing nonce validation on several functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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Vulnerability Details for WhyDonate – FREE Donate button – Crowdfunding – Fundraising

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-whydonate (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.12.16, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.12.14
Patched Version
  • 3.12.16

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