Give — Donation Plugin <= 2.33.0 - Authenticated(Give Manager+) Privilege Escalation
CVE-2023-41665Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <2.33.1Update to 2.33.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform give
- Affected< 2.33.1
- Patched in2.33.1
Update to 2.33.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 2.33.1. Version 2.33.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.33.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Rafie Muhammad.
The Give - Donation Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to an insufficient capability check when updating default roles in versions up to, and including, 2.33.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Give Manager privileges to elevate their privileges to those of an administrator by setting the default role in the plugin's settings.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
All 109| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Custom+) Privilege Escalation to 'donor_default_user_role' Parameter ≤4.19.1Update to 4.19.1.1 | CVE-2026-118193 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤4.19.0.1Update to 4.19.0.2 | CVE-2026-116853 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Information Exposure ≤4.19.0.0Update to 4.19.0.1 | CVE-2026-111976 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Donation Amount Restriction Bypass ≤4.19.0.0Update to 4.19.0.1 | CVE-2026-111974 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Give Manager+) Path Traversal ≤4.19.0.0Update to 4.19.0.1 | CVE-2026-111978 |
- High8.8Authenticated (Custom+) Privilege Escalation to 'donor_default_user_role' Parameter
≤4.19.1Update to 4.19.1.1
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤4.19.0.1Update to 4.19.0.2
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
≤4.19.0.0Update to 4.19.0.1
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Donation Amount Restriction Bypass
≤4.19.0.0Update to 4.19.0.1
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Give Manager+) Path Traversal
≤4.19.0.0Update to 4.19.0.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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