CVE-2025-4519 Missing authorization in IDonate – Blood Donation, Request And Donor Management System

High 8.8 Published 7 Nov 2025 Updated 7 Nov 2025

Authenticated subscribers can reset any user's password, including administrators, leading to full site takeover due to missing capability checks.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-4519?

CVE-2025-4519 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themeatelier IDonate – Blood Donation, Request And Donor Management System, published on 7 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The IDonate – Blood Donation, Request And Donor Management System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the idonate_donor_password() function in versions 2.1.5 to 2.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to initiate a password reset for any user (including administrators) and elevate their privileges for full site takeover.

Weakness: CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4519?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Themeatelier Idonate.

How do I fix CVE-2025-4519?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4519 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-2025-4519 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4519 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-822f-xqj8-8w45.