# CVE-2026-14317: GiveWP WordPress plugin payment gateway restriction bypass

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-14317-givewp-wordpress-plugin-payment-gateway-restriction-bypass  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-07-31. Updated: 2026-07-31  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-14317 · Severity: info · CVSS 5.3 · Published 2026-07-31

GiveWP is a popular WordPress plugin used by organizations to accept donations. A security flaw allows unauthenticated users to bypass payment gateway restrictions set by administrators. This means a donor could potentially complete a transaction using a payment method that the organization has intentionally disabled or does not support, which could lead to accounting discrepancies or the processing of donations through unverified channels.

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-14317 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-14317 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-14317?** Informational severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 31 July 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** GiveWP GiveWP < 4.16.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-14317?** 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-2026-14317 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-14317?** Check whether anything you run is named in the advisory. 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 GiveWP plugin fails to properly validate the set of available payment gateways against the administrator's configuration. The vulnerability exists because the plugin derives the list of allowed gateways, in part, from user-supplied request input during the donation process. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by including specific parameters (e.g., 'gateways[manual]=1') in a POST request to the 'give_process_donation' action. This allows the attacker to successfully complete a donation using a gateway (such as the 'manual' or 'offline' gateway) even if it has been explicitly disabled in the plugin settings. The issue is fixed in version 4.16.3.

## Affected products

- GiveWP GiveWP < 4.16.3

## Timeline

- 2026-07-13: disclosed: Publicly published by WPScan
- 2026-07-31: advisory: CVE published to NVD

## References

- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fa6f5470-b30d-4052-aacd-a0571d4678ac/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fa6f5470-b30d-4052-aacd-a0571d4678ac/)