CVE-2026-85530

GiveWP < 4.16.8.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Donor Email Sanitization Mismatch

Published Sep 16, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
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'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
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First Time appeared Givewp
Givewp givewp
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Givewp
Givewp givewp
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2026, 12:36 PM
Reserved
Sep 4, 2026, 8:39 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 16, 2026, 6:16 AM
Modified
Sep 17, 2026, 1:16 PM