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CVE-2025-7221 GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform <= 4.5.0 - Missing Authorization to Donation Update

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers with Worker-level access can modify donation statuses due to missing capability checks in the GiveWP plugin.

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-2025-7221?

CVE-2025-7221 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Givewp Givewp, published on 21 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the give_update_payment_status() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with GiveWP Worker-level access and above, to update donations statuses. This ability is not present in the user interface.

Weakness: CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7221?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Givewp Givewp.

How do I fix CVE-2025-7221?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7221 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-2025-7221 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7221 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Givewp Givewp vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5cgj-h4pf-6j35.

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