CVE-2023-25450 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-25450: WordPress GiveWP Plugin <= 2.25.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vendor Givewp

Product GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published June 15, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in GiveWP GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin <= 2.25.1 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

GiveWP versions up to 2.25.1 are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the donation plugin without the admin's knowledge or consent. This could allow modification of donation settings or other plugin configurations.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Trick a logged-in admin into performing unwanted actions on the donation plugin via a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Donation settings or plugin configuration could be altered without your knowledge if an admin visits a compromised site.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin must visit a malicious webpage while logged into the WordPress site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 15, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25450 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-25450

CWE CWE-352

CVSS 5.4 / MEDIUM

Affected versions