CVE-2026-77189
CVE-2026-77189 — Charitable <= 1.8.12.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'order' Shortcode Attribute
The Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via 'order' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.12.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. The [charitable_donors] shortcode is accessible to Contributor-level users via draft or pending post previews, providing an authenticated but low-privileged entry point for exploitation.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, Wordfence
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
0%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
Affects
charitable_donation_fundraising_platform_donation_forms_recurring_donations_fundraising_campaigns
CVSS base
6.5
MEDIUM
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Partial
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-89
References
8 on the record
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1cfc48bc-1768-49ef-bb22-7fa2c6691b23?source=cve
reference
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.8.12.1/includes/abstracts/abstract-class-charitable-query.php#L443
reference
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.8.12.1/includes/abstracts/abstract-class-charitable-query.php#L194
reference
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.8.12.1/includes/queries/class-charitable-donor-query.php#L60
reference
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.8.12.1/includes/shortcodes/class-charitable-donors-shortcode.php#L52
reference
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.8.12.1/includes/shortcodes/class-charitable-donors-shortcode.php#L171
reference
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.8.12.1/includes/shortcodes/charitable-shortcodes-hooks.php#L37
reference
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3662994%40charitable&new=3662994%40charitable
reference
Elsewhere on this site
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.