CVE-2026-85530CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-85530

High · published September 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00383 · 31.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-09-16T10:16Z
References (1)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/83fcea02-345a-443c-b14e-316533a2fd7d/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 SEP 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 16 SEP 06:00Z
    GiveWP < 4.16.8.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Donor Email Sanitization Mismatch
    cvelistv5