GivewpWordPress extension
CVE-2023-25450
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in GiveWP GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin <= 2.25.1 versions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in GiveWP Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform affecting versions up to and including 2.25.1. Attackers can potentially trick authenticated administrators or users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests due to missing or insufficient CSRF protections.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
GivewpWordPress extension
< 2.25.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check GiveWP plugin version in WordPress adminNavigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins > Look for GiveWP Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform and read the version number displayed beneath the plugin nameAffected if The version listed is below 2.25.2 (e.g., 2.25.1, 2.24.0, etc.)
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Check GiveWP version via filesystemAccess the WordPress plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/give) and open the main plugin file (usually give.php or index.php) to read the Version header commentAffected if The Version header in the plugin file shows a version below 2.25.2
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Verify GiveWP is active on the siteIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and confirm the GiveWP plugin shows as 'Active'Affected if GiveWP is activated and the version is below 2.25.2
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Confirm WordPress user roles existCheck that the site has administrator or other user accounts that can access GiveWP admin functionsAffected if Authenticated users with administrative privileges exist and the vulnerable plugin version is in use
You are affected if the GiveWP plugin is active and the installed version is anything below 2.25.2, as this version range lacks proper CSRF token validation on state-changing actions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped2.25.2
Implement anti-CSRF tokens (nonce validation) on all state-changing form submissions and AJAX actions, and validate Origin/Referer headers to ensure requests originate from legitimate sources.
GiveWP version 2.25.2 or higher
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find the GiveWP plugin in the list
- Click 'Update now' if an update is available, or manually update to version 2.25.2 or higher
- Verify the update completed successfully
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Givewp
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-25450 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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- Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
- No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data