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CVE-2023-25030 may be a duplicate of this issue.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00547,"percentile":0.46128,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2023-07-11T02:03:55Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:51:21Z","products":[{"vendor":"buymeacoffee","product":"buy me a coffee – button and widget plugin"},{"vendor":"buymeacoffee","product":"buy_me_a_coffee"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c1c218c6-1599-4dc9-846f-e0ef74821488?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymeacoffee/trunk/includes/class-buy-me-a-coffee.php?rev=2319979#L162","tags":["x_transferred","Exploit"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymeacoffee/trunk/admin/class-buy-me-a-coffee-admin.php?rev=2816542","tags":["x_transferred","Exploit"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=2935565%40buymeacoffee\u0026new=2935565%40buymeacoffee\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=","tags":["x_transferred","Patch"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2078"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjrx-x5mm-p728"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-2078","title":"Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin \u003c= 3.7 - Missing Authorization","description":"The \"Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin\" plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to missing capability checks on the recieve_post, bmc_disconnect, name_post, and widget_post functions in versions up to, and including, 3.7. 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