Description

WordPress Plugin GiveWP-Donation and Fundraising Platform is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently bypass API authentication methods and access personally identifiable user information. WordPress Plugin GiveWP-Donation and Fundraising Platform version 2.5.4 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.5.5 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/09/authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-givewp-plugin/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/give/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2019-20360 CWE-264 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass