# CVE-2021-24315: Give WP < 2.10.4 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

> Authenticated administrators can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized image fields in GiveWP plugin settings, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 May 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fgwf-w654-q583

## What is CVE-2021-24315?

CVE-2021-24315 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Givewp Givewp, published on 17 May 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform WordPress plugin before 2.10.4 did not sanitise or escape the Background Image field of its Stripe Checkout Setting and Logo field in its Email settings, leading to authenticated (admin+) Stored XSS issues.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24315?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Givewp Givewp.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24315?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24315 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24315 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24315 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Givewp Givewp

- [CVE-2024-5932](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5932/): Deserialization in GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-37099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37099/): WordPress GiveWP plugin <= 3.14.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-0912](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0912/): GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform <= 3.19.4 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-22777](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22777/): WordPress GiveWP Plugin <= 3.19.3 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-12877](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12877/): GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform <= 3.19.2 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24315 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24315 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Givewp Givewp, published on 17 May 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24315 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Givewp Givewp. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24315/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24315/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24315
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24315
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24315

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24315/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.