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CVE-2024-5977: GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform <= 3.13.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (GiveWP Worker+) Arbitrary Post Actions

• 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: 2024-07-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

Description

The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.13.0 via the 'handleRequest' function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with GiveWP Worker-level access and above, to delete and update arbitrary posts.

Affected products

• stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform: before 3.14.0 — fixed in 3.14.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 3.14.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/trunk/src/DonationForms/V2/Endpoints/FormActions.php#L96
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3120745/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2dca6c29-9f05-4d82-90e3-834f1dd8005a?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/trunk/src/DonationForms/V2/Endpoints/FormActions.php#L96
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3120745/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2dca6c29-9f05-4d82-90e3-834f1dd8005a?source=cve

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