CVE-2025-2331: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.22.1 via a misconfigured capability check in the 'permissionsCheck' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including reports detailing donors and donation amounts.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The GiveWP plugin for WordPress suffers from an information exposure vulnerability (CWE-200) due to improper permission checks in the 'permissionsCheck' function. Authenticated users with minimal privileges (Subscriber-level and above) can bypass intended access controls to retrieve sensitive data such as donor reports and donation amounts. This vulnerability affects all versions up to 3.22.1. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.3, indicating a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to confidentiality loss.
Potential Impact
An attacker with an authenticated WordPress account at Subscriber level or higher can access sensitive donor information and donation amounts that should be restricted. This exposure compromises the confidentiality of donor data but does not affect the integrity or availability of the system. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict user roles and permissions to trusted users only and monitor access to sensitive reports. Avoid granting Subscriber-level or higher access to untrusted users. Follow updates from the vendor for a security patch addressing this issue.
CVE-2025-2331: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in stellarwp GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
Description
The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.22.1 via a misconfigured capability check in the 'permissionsCheck' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including reports detailing donors and donation amounts.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The GiveWP plugin for WordPress suffers from an information exposure vulnerability (CWE-200) due to improper permission checks in the 'permissionsCheck' function. Authenticated users with minimal privileges (Subscriber-level and above) can bypass intended access controls to retrieve sensitive data such as donor reports and donation amounts. This vulnerability affects all versions up to 3.22.1. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.3, indicating a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to confidentiality loss.
Potential Impact
An attacker with an authenticated WordPress account at Subscriber level or higher can access sensitive donor information and donation amounts that should be restricted. This exposure compromises the confidentiality of donor data but does not affect the integrity or availability of the system. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict user roles and permissions to trusted users only and monitor access to sensitive reports. Avoid granting Subscriber-level or higher access to untrusted users. Follow updates from the vendor for a security patch addressing this issue.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-03-14T23:28:16.875Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6b21b7ef31ef0b54e739
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:35:29 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 10:08:43 AM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 9:34:36 AM
Views: 20
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