CVE-2026-3177
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Insufficient Data Verification in Charitable Plugin Enables Donation Forgery

Publication date: 2026-04-07

Last updated on: 2026-04-07

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in versions up to, and including, 1.8.9.7. This is due to missing cryptographic verification of incoming Stripe webhook events. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to forge payment_intent.succeeded webhook payloads and mark pending donations as completed without a real payment.
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Published
2026-04-07
Last Modified
2026-04-07
Generated
2026-06-16
AI Q&A
2026-04-07
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2026-3177
EUVD
EUVD-2026-19584
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Vendor Product Version / Range
charitable donation_plugin to 1.8.9.7 (inc)
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CWE ID Description
CWE-345 The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data.
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Executive Summary

The Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable due to insufficient verification of data authenticity in versions up to and including 1.8.9.7. Specifically, the plugin lacks cryptographic verification of incoming Stripe webhook events.

This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to forge payment_intent.succeeded webhook payloads, which can falsely mark pending donations as completed without an actual payment being made.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can lead to financial fraud by allowing attackers to mark donations as completed without real payments. This could result in inaccurate donation records and potential financial losses for organizations using the plugin.

Compliance Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to forge payment webhook payloads and mark donations as completed without real payments. This could lead to inaccurate financial records and potential misuse of donation data.

However, there is no specific information provided about how this vulnerability directly impacts compliance with common standards and regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.

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