CVE-2026-85530 GiveWP < 4.16.8.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Donor Email Sanitization Mismatch
Unauthenticated attackers can take over any user account, including administrators, due to inconsistent email normalization in the GiveWP plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-85530?
CVE-2026-85530 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown GiveWP, published on 16 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The GiveWP WordPress plugin before 4.16.8.1 does not consistently normalise a donor's e-mail address between the value it stores and the value it later uses to look that donor up, allowing unauthenticated users to be resolved as an arbitrary donor and to set the WordPress password of any user account linked to one, including an administrator's.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-85530?
How do I fix CVE-2026-85530?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-85530 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2026-85530 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-85530 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f8r4-h4wf-5gg7.