# CVE-2023-41665: WordPress GiveWP plugin <= 2.33.0 - GiveWP Manager+ Privilege Escalation vulnerability

> Attackers can escalate privileges in the GiveWP WordPress plugin due to improper privilege management, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 May 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mv98-f7mm-q5qq

## What is CVE-2023-41665?

CVE-2023-41665 is a high-severity vulnerability in Givewp Givewp, published on 17 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in GiveWP allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects GiveWP: from n/a through 2.33.0.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41665?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Givewp Givewp.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-41665?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-41665 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-41665 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41665 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-2023-41665 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-41665 is a high-severity vulnerability in Givewp Givewp, published on 17 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41665 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-2023-41665/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41665/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41665
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41665
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41665

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41665/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.