IDonate 2.1.5 - 2.1.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation via idonate_donor_password Function

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-4519
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-11-07 05:16:04 UTC
Updated2026-10-07 21:10:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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_password() function in versions 2.1.5 to 2.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to initiate a password reset for any user (including administrators) and elevate their privileges for full site takeover.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.003390000 probability, percentile 0.252760000 (date 2026-10-07)

Problem Types: CWE-285 | CWE-285 CWE-285 Improper Authorization

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Themeatelier Idonate All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Themeatelier IDonate Blood Donation Request And Donor Management System affected 2.1.5 2.1.9 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3334424/idonate/tags/2.1.10/src/Helpers/DonorFuncti... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org Patch
wordpress.org/plugins/idonate [email protected] wordpress.org Release Notes
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/idonate/tags/2.1.9/src/Helpers/DonorFunctions.php [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org Product
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/596aef67-582a-4506-bae9-c7be1... [email protected] www.wordfence.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Kenneth Dunn (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2025-11-06T15:53:19.000ZVendor Notified
CNA2025-11-06T15:38:30.000ZDisclosed

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