Improper authorization in ThemeAtelier IDonate – Blood Donation, Request And Donor…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
The IDonate – Blood Donation, Request And Donor Management System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the idonate_donor_profile() function in versions 2.1.5 to 2.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to hijack any account by reassigning its email address (via the donor_id they supply) and then triggering a password reset, ultimately granting themselves full administrator privileges.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ThemeAtelier | IDonate – Blood Donation, Request And Donor Management System | 2.1.5 – 2.1.9 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- IDonate – Blood Donation, Request And Donor Management System VendorThemeAtelier Affected 2.1.5 – 2.1.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:themeatelier:idonate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | ThemeAtelier |
- cpe:2.3:a:themeatelier:idonate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·ThemeAtelier
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-4521
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gfpc-fhhf-f36m
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/51d4b7f6-183b-4a8d-a94d-83c66950a872?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/idonate/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/idonate/tags/2.1.9/src/Helpers/DonorFunctions.php#L310
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3334424/idonate/tags/2.1.10/src/Helpers/DonorFunctions.php?old=3279142&old_path=idonate%2Ftags%2F2.1.9%2Fsrc%2FHelpers%2FDonorFunctions.php
More ThemeAtelier vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-10220 IDonate < 2.1.13 - Unauthenticated User Deletion CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2025-23584 WordPress IDonate plugin <= 2.1.18 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-60333 ThemeAtelier Domain For Sale < 3.5.2 Missing Authorization via REST API CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-12868 Missing authorization in ThemeAtelier ChatHelp – Click to Chat Button, WooCommerce Chat… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-04034 Improper authorization in ThemeAtelier IDonate – Blood Donation, Request And Donor… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-37411 WordPress IDonatePro plugin <= 2.1.11 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-4521 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-4521 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gfpc-fhhf-f36m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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