Stored cross-site scripting in GiveWP form template primary color
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The GiveWP WordPress plugin before 4.19.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a donation form template setting before outputting it inside an HTML attribute, which is cross-site scripting (CWE-79). A user with a custom form-editing role can store arbitrary web scripts that run in the browser of any visitor or administrator who opens the affected donation form. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The GiveWP WordPress plugin before 4.19.0.1 does not properly sanitise and escape one of its donation form template settings before outputting it inside an HTML attribute, allowing users with a custom form-editing GiveWP WordPress plugin before 4.19.0.1 role to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in the browser of any visitor or administrator who opens the affected donation form.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | GiveWP | before 4.19.0.1 | 4.19.0.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- GiveWP VendorUnknown Affected before 4.19.0.1 Fixed in 4.19.0.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update GiveWP to version 4.19.0.1 or later, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA GiveWP (Unknown) Fixed in 4.19.0.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
GiveWP 4.19.0.1
5 records Highest priority Priority LOW 5 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-80099 Unauthenticated disclosure of unpublished GiveWP donation formsPriority LOW 29
- TI-2026-80100 Path traversal in GiveWP plugin exposes files and overwrites settingsPriority LOW 27
- TI-2026-80102 Incorrect authorization in GiveWP lets users edit other users' pagesPriority LOW 24
Timeline
- 2026-10-25 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111979
- 2026-10-26 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-26 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-26 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-xm8r-m35h-qq8p
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-111979 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111979 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xm8r-m35h-qq8p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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