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CVE-2024-5941: GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform <= 3.14.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited File Deletion

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-08-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and deletion of data due to a missing capability check on the 'handle_request' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.14.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read attachment paths and delete attachment files.

Affected products

• stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform: before 3.14.2 — fixed in 3.14.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 3.14.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/tags/3.12.0/src/DonorDashboards/Tabs/EditProfileTab/AvatarRoute.php#L36
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3132247/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/824ec2ba-b701-46e9-b237-53cd7d0e46da?source=cve

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