CVE•Published 2023-08-23•Modified 2026-04-08•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2023-4404Wpcharitable · Charitable

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 52% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

Description

The Donation Forms by Charitable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.7.0.12 due to insufficient restriction on the 'update_core_user' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to specify their user role by supplying the 'role' parameter during a registration.

Timeline

Published 2023-08-23

Modified 2026-04-08

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2023-4404

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · WP plugin path

http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/charitable/"

Matches any site loading the "charitable" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.

Shodan · product

product:"Wpcharitable Charitable"

All exposed Wpcharitable Charitable instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Charitable"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Charitable" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.