What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the donation_ids parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.8.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires a paid donation.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
The Charitable donation plugin for WordPress contains a SQL injection vulnerability in versions up to 1.8.8.4. An authenticated user with low privileges can craft malicious input to execute arbitrary SQL queries against the site's database. This allows reading sensitive data such as donor information, payment records, and other database contents without modifying or deleting data.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Read sensitive data from the site's database, including donor records and payment information.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Donor personal information and payment data may be exposed to unauthorized users with site access.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a low-privilege WordPress user account (e.g., subscriber or contributor role).
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
October 25, 2025
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
