CVE-2024-5940: 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

medium Affects give (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.3, updated 2026-10-29; published 2024-08-20; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

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

Package: give (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <3.14.0
Fixed in: 3.14.0
Severity: medium CVSS 6.5
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (40.3th percentile)
Published: 2024-08-20
Source: nvd

References

CWE-862

NVD record give (WordPress plugin) advisories

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