Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-118193 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-118193 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-118193?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 5 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- GiveWP Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform up to 4.19.1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-118193?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-118193 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-118193?
- Check whether you run GiveWP Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The plugin's donor role assignment sanitization is incomplete: the `sanitize_option_donor_default_user_role()` function only blocks the literal string 'administrator' but does not enforce the allowed roles whitelist from `give_get_donor_safe_user_roles()`. Additionally, the `give_core_settings_import_callback()` AJAX handler writes imported JSON directly to the `give_settings` option without applying any sanitization, allowing the administrator role to bypass the check entirely. An authenticated attacker holding the GiveWP Manager role can either upload a crafted JSON import to assign any role including administrator, or directly modify settings to assign non-administrator elevated roles.
Affected products
- GiveWP Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform up to 4.19.1
Timeline
- 2026-11-05: disclosed