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CVE-2023-4246: GiveWP <= 2.33.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to plugin installation

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-01-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The GiveWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.33.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the give_sendwp_remote_install_handler function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate the SendWP plugin via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform: through 2.33.3

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/trunk/includes/admin/misc-functions.php?rev=2772225#L258
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2974851%40give%2Ftrunk&old=2973080%40give%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dc5c511f-dc79-468b-a107-cdf50999faf8?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/trunk/includes/admin/misc-functions.php?rev=2772225#L258
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2974851%40give%2Ftrunk&old=2973080%40give%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dc5c511f-dc79-468b-a107-cdf50999faf8?source=cve

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