CVE-2024-8791: Charitable (WordPress plugin) · Insecure Direct Object Reference
Affects Charitable (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 09:15 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 54% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Sep 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| smub Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until an official fix is released, restrict access to the plugin and consider disabling or removing it if possible to prevent exploitation.
Description
The Donation Forms by Charitable – Donations Plugin & Fundraising Platform for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.1.14. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a user's identity when the ID parameter is supplied through the update_core_user() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the email address and password of arbitrary user accounts, including administrators, which can then be used to log in to those user accounts.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0ee60943-b583-4a99-8e62-846b380c98aa?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.8.1.14/includes/users/class-charitable-user.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3154009/charitable/trunk/includes/users/class-charitable-user.php (opens in a new tab)