What is CVE-2024-5940?

CVE-2024-5940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Stellarwp Givewp – Donation Plugin And Fundraising Platform, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-5940?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-5940 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Stellarwp Givewp – Donation Plugin And Fundraising Platform

CVE-2024-5940

The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'handle_request' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.13.0…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (47.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Stellarwp Givewp – Donation Plugin And Fundraising Platform — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5940?: CVE-2024-5940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Stellarwp Givewp – Donation Plugin And Fundraising Platform, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-5940?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-5940 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.