GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform <= 4.16.8.1 — Unauthenticated Payment Bypass
CVE-2026-96333Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.16.8.1Update to 4.16.9 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- 0.3% chance in 30 days19th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform give
- Affected≤ 4.16.8.1
- Patched in4.16.9
Update to 4.16.9 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.16.8.1. Version 4.16.9 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.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 4.16.9, 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 Ananda Dhakal.
The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Payment Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.16.8.1. This is due to a lack of server-side payment verification. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass payments.
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 medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST.org.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.