CVE-2026-10038 Missing authorization in Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More
Authenticated attackers can delete arbitrary media library attachments by exploiting an insecure direct object reference in the avatar update flow.
- 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-2026-10038?
CVE-2026-10038 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in smub Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More, published on 5 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference / Authorization Bypass leading to Arbitrary Attachment Deletion in versions up to, and including, 1.8.11.1 via the profile avatar update flow. This is due to the save_avatar() function in Charitable_Profile_Form calling wp_delete_attachment() on an attachment ID read from the user's 'avatar' meta without validating that the attachment is owned by the user, combined with Charitable_Data_Processor::process_picture() returning the raw posted value when no file is uploaded, allowing the 'avatar' user meta to be poisoned with any attacker-chosen attachment ID. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary attachments from the Media Library by performing a two-request chain (first poisoning the stored avatar meta value with a target attachment ID, then triggering deletion via a normal avatar upload).
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-10038?
How do I fix CVE-2026-10038?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-10038 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-2026-10038 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-10038 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9jf2-67mg-r5ph.