CVE-2026-111978 GiveWP < 4.19.0.1 - Give Manager+ Path Traversal via Core Settings Import
Medium 6.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-111978 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-111978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown GiveWP, published on 25 Oct 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-111978 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Unknown 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-2026-111978/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-111978/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-111978?
CVE-2026-111978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown GiveWP, published on 25 Oct 2026.
Official description
The GiveWP WordPress plugin before 4.19.0.1 does not properly validate a user-supplied filename before reading it from disk, allowing users with a high-privilege custom role to perform path traversal, disclose the contents of JSON-parseable files anywhere on the server, and overwrite the GiveWP WordPress plugin before 4.19.0.1's stored configuration.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-111978?
How do I fix CVE-2026-111978?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-111978 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-111978 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-111978 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f89g-x83g-732v.