The Charitable WordPress plugin before 1.8.12 does not verify the authenticity of incoming Square payment webhook events in a default configuration, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge webhook notifications that mark donations as paid without any real payment.

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Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpcharitable
Wpcharitable charitable
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpcharitable
Wpcharitable charitable

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-285

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-285

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-345

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Description The Charitable WordPress plugin before 1.8.12 does not verify the authenticity of incoming Square payment webhook events in a default configuration, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge webhook notifications that mark donations as paid without any real payment.
Title Charitable < 1.8.12 - Unauthenticated Donation Payment-Status Manipulation via Square Webhook Signature Bypass
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-21T12:47:51.251Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T17:23:37.828Z

Link: CVE-2026-16650

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T12:47:48.238Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-21T12:16:23.870

Modified: 2026-08-21T13:16:54.317

Link: CVE-2026-16650

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T20:30:07Z

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