CVE-2024-5939 GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform <= 3.13.0 - Missing Authorization to Limited Information Exposure

What is CVE-2024-5939?

CVE-2024-5939 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Givewp Givewp, published on 20 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'setup_wizard' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.13.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the setup wizard administrative pages.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5939?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Givewp Givewp.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5939?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5939 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-5939 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5939 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Givewp Givewp

• CVE-2024-5932 Deserialization in GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-37099 WordPress GiveWP plugin <= 3.14.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection vulnerability Critical 10.0
• CVE-2025-0912 GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform <= 3.19.4 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-22777 WordPress GiveWP Plugin <= 3.19.3 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-12877 GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform <= 3.19.2 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection Critical 9.8

All Givewp Givewp vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-p2hh-36mx-vq2f.