CVE-2023-2079
Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin <= 3.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-352 |
| Vendor | buymeacoffee |
| Product | buy me a coffee – button and widget plugin |
| Published | Jul 11, 2023 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
buymeacoffee / Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin
0 ≤ 3.7
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6309258e-e4fc-4edf-a771-2d82a9a85a5c?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymeacoffee/trunk/includes/class-buy-me-a-coffee.php?rev=2319979#L162 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buymeacoffee/trunk/admin/class-buy-me-a-coffee-admin.php?rev=2816542 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2935565%40buymeacoffee&new=2935565%40buymeacoffee&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Credits
István Márton