WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2024-5940 Analyzed

GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform: A security weakness

GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 6.5 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score 5.3 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
Plugin slug
give
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Aug 20, 2024
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Aug 20, 2024 and is one of 45 known issues for this plugin.

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Technical description

The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'handle_request' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.13.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to edit event ticket settings if the Events beta feature is enabled.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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

Primary and upstream sources