What is CVE-2019-15317?

CVE-2019-15317 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Givewp, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-15317?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-15317 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Givewp

CVE-2019-15317

The give plugin before 2.4.7 for WordPress has XSS via a donor name.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-08-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Givewp

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/plugins/give/ (Release Notes)
blog.sucuri.net/2019/05/wordpress-plugin-give-stored-xss-for-donors.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9584 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15317?: CVE-2019-15317 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Givewp, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-15317?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-15317 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.