CVE-2021-24524: GiveWP < 2.12.0 - Authenticated Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform: before 2.12.0 — fixed in 2.12.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 2.12.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5a4774ec-c0ee-4c6b-92a6-fa10821ec336
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5a4774ec-c0ee-4c6b-92a6-fa10821ec336

Get alerted when CVE-2021-24524 or the next vulnerability affects your stack