Double the Donation <= 3.0.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Double the Donation – A workplace giving tool to help your fundraising efforts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kanwei_doublethedonation | Double the Donation – A workplace giving tool | up to 3.0.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Double the Donation – A workplace giving tool Vendorkanwei_doublethedonation Affected up to 3.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12020
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wq7j-7gqq-82wf
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/63ba2d29-26dc-4c5f-9d9d-9a13e25c44b9?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/double-the-donation/tags/2.0.0/doublethedonation.php#L59
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/double-the-donation/tags/2.0.0/doublethedonation.php#L79
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3393231/
More kanwei_doublethedonation vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-35782 WordPress Double the Donation Plugin <= 2.0.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2025-35783 WordPress Double the Donation Plugin <= 2.0.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-12020 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12020 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wq7j-7gqq-82wf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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