Vulnerability · Published Aug 20, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-5940GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform <= 3.13.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Event Settings Update
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform from stellarwp. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'handle_request' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.13.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to edit event ticket settings if the Events beta feature is enabled.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| stellarwp | GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform | 0 – through 3.13.0 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d3cda8d0-321c-4b15-980e-5ebf49fac367?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/tags/3.12.0/src/EventTickets/Routes/UpdateEvent.php#L81
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/tags/3.12.0/src/EventTickets/Routes/UpdateEventTicketType.php#L78
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3120745/