CVE-2024-53776 HIGH

CVE-2024-53776: WordPress Donate Me plugin <= 1.2.5 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Raphaelheide

Product Donate Me

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published December 2, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in raphaelheide Donate Me donate-me allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Donate Me: from n/a through <= 1.2.5.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Donate Me versions 1.2.5 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without their knowledge. The vulnerability requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the WordPress site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform actions on the site (read data, modify settings, create content) on behalf of a logged-in administrator.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can trick your admin into unknowingly changing plugin settings, creating posts, or modifying site configuration.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

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

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 2, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53776 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

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