WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
GiveWP < 4.16.8.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Donor Email Sanitization Mismatch
Description
The plugin does not consistently normalise a donor's e-mail address between the value it stores and the value it later uses to look that donor up, allowing unauthenticated users to be resolved as an arbitrary donor and to set the WordPress password of any user account linked to one, including an administrator's.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
PRIVESC
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Jakub Herman
Submitter
Jakub Herman
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-09-14 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-09-14 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-15 (about 7 hours ago)