stellarwp GiveWP Plugin up to 4.15.3 on WordPress Email Notification give_set_notification_status_handler cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in stellarwp GiveWP Plugin up to 4.15.3 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function give_set_notification_status_handler of the component Email Notification Handler. The manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-11981. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in stellarwp GiveWP Plugin up to 4.15.3 on WordPress. Affected is the function give_set_notification_status_handler of the component Email Notification Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

The GiveWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.15.3 This is due to missing nonce validation on the give_set_notification_status_handler() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disable donation email notifications via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

The weakness was disclosed by javitoia. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-11981 since 06/11/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-40905). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• stellarwp

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• GiveWP Plugin

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• 4.15.0
• 4.15.1
• 4.15.2
• 4.15.3

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