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CVE-2025-11227: CWE-285 Improper Authorization in stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform

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VulnerabilityCVE-2025-11227cvecve-2025-11227cwe-285
Published: Sat Oct 04 2025 (10/04/2025, 02:24:35 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: stellarwp
Product: GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform

Description

The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.10.0 via the 'registerGetForm', 'registerGetForms', 'registerGetCampaign' and 'registerGetCampaigns' functions due to a missing capability check. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract data from private and draft donation forms, as well as archived campaigns.

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AILast updated: 04/09/2026, 15:52:19 UTC

Technical Analysis

The GiveWP WordPress plugin suffers from an improper authorization vulnerability (CWE-285) in its 'registerGetForm', 'registerGetForms', 'registerGetCampaign', and 'registerGetCampaigns' functions. These functions lack proper capability checks, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve data from private and draft donation forms and archived campaigns. This results in unauthorized information disclosure. The issue affects all versions up to 4.10.0. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N), indicating network exploitable with low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and limited confidentiality and integrity impact.

Potential Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from private and draft donation forms and archived campaigns within the GiveWP plugin. This leads to information exposure that could compromise donor privacy or campaign confidentiality. There is no indication of impact on availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no patch or official fix information is provided, users should monitor the vendor's communications for updates. Until a fix is available, consider restricting access to the affected plugin features or disabling the plugin if feasible to prevent unauthorized data exposure.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
Wordfence
Date Reserved
2025-10-01T11:59:03.245Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 68e0877c11971642e85b3464

Added to database: 10/4/2025, 2:33:32 AM

Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 3:52:19 PM

Last updated: 5/9/2026, 10:52:17 PM

Views: 136

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