High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Jul 11, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-2079
CVE-2023-2079
Description
The "Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin" plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing nonce validation on the recieve_post, bmc_disconnect, name_post, and widget_post functions in versions up to, and including, 3.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugins settings, via a forged request granted the attacker can trick a site's administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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Affected products
3- Range: <=3.7
- Range: <=3.7
- cpe:2.3:a:buymeacoffee:buy_me_a_coffee:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <3.8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymeacoffee/trunk/admin/class-buy-me-a-coffee-admin.phpnvdExploit
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymeacoffee/trunk/includes/class-buy-me-a-coffee.phpnvdExploit
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6309258e-e4fc-4edf-a771-2d82a9a85a5cnvdThird Party Advisory
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