WP Crowdfunding Missing Authorization Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Post Content Download

Vulnerability

A vulnerability exists in the WP Crowdfunding plugin for WordPress, in all versions through 2.1.14. The issue arises from a missing capability check on the download_data action, which allows authenticated users with subscriber-level access and above to download all post content from a site, but only when WooCommerce is installed.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for unauthorized access to and downloading of a site's post content by authenticated users with subscriber-level access or higher.

Remediation

Users can update to WP Crowdfunding version 2.1.15 or a newer patched version.

Added: Jun 9, 2025, 7:46 PM
Updated: Jun 9, 2025, 7:46 PM

Vulnerability Rating

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spread
3.4
impact
2.5
exploitability
5.4
remediation
7.7
relevance
0.0
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
1.7

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