WhyDonate – FREE Donate button – Crowdfunding – Fundraising: A security weakness
WhyDonate – FREE Donate button – Crowdfunding – Fundraising 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.
- Component
- WhyDonate – FREE Donate button – Crowdfunding – Fundraising
- Plugin slug
wp-whydonate- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 15, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Oct 15, 2025 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update WhyDonate – FREE Donate button – Crowdfunding – Fundraising 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 WhyDonate – FREE Donate button – Crowdfunding – Fundraising plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the remove_row function in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.15. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete rows from the wp_wdplugin_style table.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N