CVE-2025-7221

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 give_update_payment_status() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with GiveWP Worker-level access and above, to update donations statuses. This ability is not present in the user interface.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/give/trunk/includes/payments/functions.php#L339	Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3333090/give	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8766608e-df72-4b9d-a301-a50c64fadc9a?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:givewp:givewp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-08-21 06:15

Updated : 2025-12-03 13:30

NVD link : CVE-2025-7221

Mitre link : CVE-2025-7221

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-7221

JSON object : View

Products Affected

givewp

givewp

CWE

CWE-285

Improper Authorization

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