CVE-2024-6698

FundEngine – Donation and Crowdfunding Platform <= 1.7.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 1, 2024 at 03:29 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:18 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFundengineFundEngine

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The FundEngine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying user meta updated through the update_user_meta function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta which can be leveraged to update their capabilities to gain administrator access.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Fundengine· Wpmetwordpress-plugin
95%
v ≤ 1.7.0v < 1.7.1
Affected range stops below 1.7.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
FundEngine· Roxnorwordpress-plugin
60%
v ≤ 1.7.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.8HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-862

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