CVE-2024-5940 (GCVE-0-2024-5940)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-08-20 02:03
Modified
2026-04-08 17:25
CWE
Summary
The GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'handle_request' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.13.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to edit event ticket settings if the Events beta feature is enabled.
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