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.

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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-20

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title GiveWP < 4.16.8.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Donor Email Sanitization Mismatch
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-16T06:00:14.303Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T08:39:31.737Z

Link: CVE-2026-85530

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-16T06:16:34.127

Modified: 2026-09-16T20:25:29.240

Link: CVE-2026-85530

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-16T16:30:08Z

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