CVE-2022-2215: GiveWP < 2.21.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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: 2022-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The GiveWP WordPress plugin before 2.21.3 does not properly sanitise and escape the currency settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products

stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform: before 2.21.3 — fixed in 2.21.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 2.21.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/daa9b6c1-1ee1-434c-9f88-fd273b7e20bb
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/daa9b6c1-1ee1-434c-9f88-fd273b7e20bb

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