Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
A WordPress donation plugin can let an attacker trick a logged-in site user into saving malicious content that later runs in browsers. The business risk is donor trust, site integrity, and possible account or data exposure on sites using vulnerable plugin versions.
Executive priority
Prioritize affected public donation sites because stored XSS can harm donor trust and site integrity. This is high severity, but current sources do not show active exploitation or a named patch, so urgency should be risk-based and tied to actual plugin presence.
Technical view
CVE-2023-47550 is a CSRF issue in RedNao Donations Made Easy – Smart Donations through 4.0.12 that can result in stored XSS. CVSS 3.1 is 7.1 high, with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, and required user interaction.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites with the smart-donations plugin installed at version 4.0.12 or earlier. The bundle does not identify affected CPEs, installation counts, or a fixed version.
Exploitation context
The bundle and KEV flag do not report active exploitation. Exploitation requires user interaction and appears to depend on CSRF leading to stored XSS, but the supplied sources do not describe the vulnerable workflow.
Researcher notes
The record labels the weakness as CWE-352 CSRF while the impact is stored XSS. The supplied evidence lacks root-cause detail, vulnerable endpoint, exploit observations, and fixed-version information, so validation should stay defensive and source-bounded.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the smart-donations plugin and record installed versions.
- Treat version 4.0.12 or earlier as vulnerable until vendor guidance says otherwise.
- Check Patchstack, WordPress plugin, or vendor guidance for a fixed release.
- Disable or remove the plugin if no safe version is available and business impact allows.
- Limit privileged WordPress sessions and review anti-CSRF controls around donation plugin administration.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether smart-donations is installed on each WordPress site.
- Verify the plugin version is not 4.0.12 or earlier.
- Review site content and plugin-managed pages for unexpected scripts or unauthorized changes.
- Check web and WordPress admin logs for suspicious changes around donation settings.
- Document compensating controls if the plugin cannot be updated or removed immediately.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L2.83.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.1HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
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