Description
The GiveWP WordPress plugin before 4.16.8.1 does not consistently normalise a donor's e-mail address between the value it stores and the value it later uses to look that donor up, allowing unauthenticated users to be resolved as an arbitrary donor and to set the WordPress password of any user account linked to one, including an administrator's.
Published: 2026-09-16
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Givewp
Givewp givewp
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Givewp
Givewp givewp
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The GiveWP WordPress plugin before 4.16.8.1 does not consistently normalise a donor's e-mail address between the value it stores and the value it later uses to look that donor up, allowing unauthenticated users to be resolved as an arbitrary donor and to set the WordPress password of any user account linked to one, including an administrator's.
Title GiveWP < 4.16.8.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Donor Email Sanitization Mismatch
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Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-17T12:36:15.997Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T08:39:31.737Z

Link: CVE-2026-85530

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T12:18:19.131Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-16T06:16:34.127

Modified: 2026-09-17T13:16:50.963

Link: CVE-2026-85530

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-20T05:15:16Z

Weaknesses