GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform: Cross-site scripting
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
- Plugin slug
givewp- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 23, 2021
This CVE was published Aug 23, 2021 and is one of 26 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
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.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform WordPress plugin before 2.12.0 did not escape the Donation Level setting of its Donation Forms, allowing high privilege users to use Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N