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GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform, CVE-2026-85530

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2026-85530

Published on
Sep 16, 2026
Research Description
The GiveWP WordPress plugin before 4.16.8.1 does not consistently normalise a donor's e-mail address between the value it stores and the value it later uses to look that donor up, allowing unauthenticated users to be resolved as an arbitrary donor and to set the WordPress password of any user account linked to one, including an administrator's.
Affected versions
max 4.16.8.1.
Status
vulnerable