GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform <= 3.13.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Event Settings Update

2024-08-19 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.14.0

Affected PluginGiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform

Affected Version<= 3.13.0

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2024-5940

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Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.14.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5940 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d3cda8d0-321c-4b15-980e-5ebf49fac367

CVSS Vector

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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