CVE-2026-13704
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 · uneditedThe GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'sequoia[introduction][image]' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.16.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Give Worker-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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 · high confidenceThe GiveWP plugin versions up to 4.16.1 fail to properly sanitize and escape the 'sequoia[introduction][image]' parameter, allowing authenticated attackers with Give Worker privileges to inject malicious JavaScript through stored XSS. This script executes whenever users access affected pages.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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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Confirm GiveWP plugin is installedCheck your WordPress plugins directory or the WordPress admin plugins list for GiveWPAffected if GiveWP plugin is not present on the system
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Identify installed GiveWP versionView the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/give/readme.txt or check the WordPress plugin admin page for the installed version numberAffected if Version is 4.16.1 or lower
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Verify the sequoia template is activeLook for sequoia-related template files in the theme or GiveWP templates directory, or check if sequoia is the active donation form templateAffected if sequoia template is actively used for donation forms
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Confirm Give Worker role exists and is accessibleCheck WordPress user roles for the Give Worker role capability in wp-admin under Users or via wp_roles()Affected if Give Worker role is defined and accessible on the site
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Test parameter accessibility with Give Worker privilegesAs a user with Give Worker role, attempt to access or modify the sequoia[introduction][image] parameter in donation form settingsAffected if The parameter is accessible and accepts input without sanitization validation
Your environment is affected if GiveWP version 4.16.1 or lower is installed AND the sequoia template is active AND users with Give Worker privileges can access the vulnerable parameter.
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.
From vendor dataUpdate GiveWP to version 4.16.2 or later which includes proper input sanitization and output escaping for the affected parameter.
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- Implementation4.0 h
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- 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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-13704 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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