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Buy Me a Coffee vulnerabilities
Buy Me a Coffee has 4 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 14 Jul 2023.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 4
- Active installs
- 6,000+
- Latest version
- 4.4.10
- Last updated
- 24 Aug 2026
- Most recent
- 14 Jul 2023
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2023-2082 | Medium 6.4 | Before 3.7 | Fixed in 3.7 | 14 Jul 2023 |
| Broken access control CVE-2023-2078 | High 7.3 | Before 3.8 | Fixed in 3.8 | 11 Jul 2023 |
| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CVE-2023-2079 | High 7.1 | Before 3.8 | Fixed in 3.8 | 11 Jul 2023 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2023-2578 | Medium 4.8 | Before 3.7 | Fixed in 3.7 | 10 Jul 2023 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2023-2082, 14 Jul 2023
- 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. CVE record
- CVE-2023-2078, 11 Jul 2023
- 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. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as subscribers, to update the plugins settings. CVE-2023-25030 may be a duplicate of this issue. CVE record
- CVE-2023-2079, 11 Jul 2023
- 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. CVE record
- CVE-2023-2578, 10 Jul 2023
- The Buy Me a Coffee WordPress plugin before 3.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup). CVE record
What to do if you run Buy Me a Coffee
If you run Buy Me a Coffee, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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