Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify WordPress site running FundEngine ≤1.7.6
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ExploitSend unauthenticated HTTP request to vulnerable plugin endpoint
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ExecutionBypass missing authorization check
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ImpactModify fundraising data or trigger availability disruption
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | No authentication is required - the CVSS PR:N metric confirms unauthenticated network exploitation. No user interaction is needed (UI:N). Attack complexity is low (AC:L), indicating no special race conditions or non-default configuration states are required. The limiting factor is that the affected product must be the FundEngine plugin (wp-fundraising-donation) installed and active on a WordPress site, running version 1.7.6 or earlier. Impact is bounded to partial integrity and availability within the plugin's scope; confidentiality is unaffected (C:N), meaning attacker cannot read sensitive donor or payment data through this vector alone. |
| Impact | The CVSS base score of 6.5 (Medium) reflects network-accessible, unauthenticated exploitation with limited impact - integrity loss (I:L) and availability disruption (A:L) but no confidentiality breach (C:N). The AC:L metric confirms low exploitation complexity, requiring no race conditions or specialized configuration. No EPSS data was supplied, preventing probabilistic exploitation-likelihood assessment. The absence of a CISA KEV entry and any identified public exploit code suggests this is not currently under active widespread attack. However, the PR:N metric is a meaningful risk amplifier: any internet-facing WordPress installation running FundEngine ≤1.7.6 is technically reachable without credentials. Real-world risk is moderate and primarily relevant to organizations hosting donation campaigns where tampered fundraising records or disrupted availability could have financial or reputational consequences. The limited impact scope (no data exfiltration) reduces urgency somewhat compared to a full-compromise flaw. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker identifies a WordPress site running FundEngine ≤1.7.6 and sends crafted HTTP POST or GET requests to the plugin's exposed AJAX or REST API endpoints, bypassing the absent authorization checks. With no credentials or user interaction required, the attacker manipulates fundraising records or disrupts plugin availability, potentially undermining donor trust or corrupting campaign data. No public exploit code has been identified, but the low attack complexity makes manual exploitation straightforward for any attacker familiar with WordPress plugin internals. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 13, 2026
Missing authorization in the FundEngine WordPress fundraising plugin (versions through 1.7.6) permits unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control, resulting in partial data integrity and availability impact. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) confirms low-complexity, unauthenticated network exploitation with no user interaction required. No active exploitation is confirmed in the CISA KEV catalog, and no public exploit code has been identified at the time of this analysis.
RemediationAI
Update the FundEngine plugin to a version beyond 1.7.6 once a patched release becomes available from Roxnor. The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-fundraising-donation/vulnerability/wordpress-fundengine-plugin-1-7-6-broken-access-control-vulnerability) should be monitored for a confirmed fixed version, which has not been independently verified in the available data. If immediate patching is not possible, consider restricting access to the WordPress site's AJAX and REST API endpoints at the web server or WAF layer for unauthenticated traffic as a compensating control - note this may break legitimate donor-facing functionality and should be tested before deployment. WordPress site owners should also review the plugin's registered AJAX actions and REST routes to identify and temporarily disable any that do not require authentication.
Affected VersionsENISA
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) describes a failure to verify that a requesting party holds sufficient privileges before executing a sensitive operation. In WordPress plugin context, this typically manifests as REST API endpoints or AJAX handlers that perform privileged actions without capability checks via functions like current_user_can(). The affected product is the Roxnor FundEngine plugin (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:roxnor:fundengine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), a WordPress donation and fundraising plugin. The 'Authentication Bypass' tag from Patchstack indicates that specific plugin functionality is reachable without logging in, which is consistent with the PR:N metric in the provided CVSS vector. Scope is unchanged (S:U), meaning exploitation is contained within the plugin's own security context and does not directly pivot to WordPress core or the underlying server.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Network vector and no-auth access confirmed by CWE-862 with Authentication Bypass tag; limited I:L/A:L impact with no confidentiality breach matches plugin-scoped missing authorization.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Roxnor FundEngine wp-fundraising-donation allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects FundEngine: from n/a through <= 1.7.6.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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