CVE-2023-2082
Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin <= 3.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The "Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin" plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.6 due to insufficient sanitization and escaping on the 'text value set via the bmc_post_reception action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions, and above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that execute whenever a victim accesses a page with the injected scripts.
| CWE | CWE-79 |
| Vendor | buymeacoffee |
| Product | buy me a coffee – button and widget plugin |
| Published | Jul 14, 2023 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
buymeacoffee / Buy Me a Coffee – Button and Widget Plugin
0 ≤ 3.6
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ed9f8948-085b-4ac5-befd-c70085aa23cd?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?old_path=%2Fbuymeacoffee%2Ftags%2F3.6&old=2922493&new_path=%2Fbuymeacoffee%2Ftags%2F3.7&new=2922493&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Credits
István Márton