CVE-2022-4448: GiveWP < 2.24.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: 2023-02-13 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The GiveWP WordPress plugin before 2.24.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affected products

stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform: before 2.24.0 — fixed in 2.24.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 2.24.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ce467a2e-081e-4a6c-bfa4-29e4447ebd3b
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ce467a2e-081e-4a6c-bfa4-29e4447ebd3b

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