CVE-2026-11981: GiveWP <= 4.15.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

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: 2026-07-01 · updated 2026-07-01
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The GiveWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.15.3 This is due to missing nonce validation on the give_set_notification_status_handler() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disable donation email notifications 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 4.15.3

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/tags/3.19.4/includes/admin/emails/ajax-handler.php#L24
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/tags/3.19.4/includes/admin/emails/ajax-handler.php#L25
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/tags/3.19.4/includes/admin/emails/ajax-handler.php#L32
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/tags/4.15.3/includes/admin/emails/ajax-handler.php#L24
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/tags/4.15.3/includes/admin/emails/ajax-handler.php#L25
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/tags/4.15.3/includes/admin/emails/ajax-handler.php#L32
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3573301/give/trunk/includes/admin/emails/ajax-handler.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fgive/tags/4.15.3&new_path=%2Fgive/tags/4.15.4
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/49954c72-df0d-46ec-a252-8af84dea41bf?source=cve

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