CVE-2024-5977

GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform <= 3.13.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (GiveWP Worker+) Arbitrary Post Actions

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2024 at 11:01 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGiveWP

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.13.0 via the 'handleRequest' function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with GiveWP Worker-level access and above, to delete and update arbitrary posts.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

GiveWP· Givewpwordpress-plugin
95%
v ≤ 3.13.0v < 3.14.0
Affected range stops below 3.14.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.4MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-639

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