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CVE-2019-20360

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

A flaw in Give before 2.5.5, a WordPress plugin, allowed unauthenticated users to bypass API authentication methods and access personally identifiable user information (PII) including names, addresses, IP addresses, and email addresses. Once an API key has been set to any meta key value from the wp_usermeta table, and the token is set to the corresponding MD5 hash of the meta key selected, one can make a request to the restricted endpoints, and thus access sensitive donor data.

Affected products

• stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform: before 2.5.5 — fixed in 2.5.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 2.5.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9889
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/09/authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-givewp-plugin/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9889
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/09/authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-givewp-plugin/

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