CVE-2025-5275: The Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More plugin for WordPr

Q: How do I fix CVE-2025-5275?

charitable: upgrade to 1.8.6.2. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Q: Is CVE-2025-5275 being exploited?

CVE-2025-5275 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

Q: What does CVE-2025-5275 affect?

CVE-2025-5275 affects charitable. Severity is medium (CVSS 4.4). The Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the privacy settings fields in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.6.1 due

Q: How urgent is CVE-2025-5275?

Priority 18/100. No elevated risk signals yet.

Routine

MEDIUM 4.4UPGRADE

CVE-2025-5275 is a medium-severity flaw (CVSS 4.4) affecting charitable. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

The Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the privacy settings fields in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.6.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever

Why this priority

No elevated risk signals yet

A fixed release or distro patch exists.

Risk facts

CVSS score	4.4 (Medium)
Attack vector	Network (remote)
Attack complexity	High
Privileges needed	High
User interaction	None
EPSS exploit chance	0.2% (top 89%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-79
Published	2025-06-26
Last modified	2026-06-17

Publisher (CNA): Wordfence · Vendor: wpbeginner

Last updated 2026-06-17 · Sources: CVE Program, NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS and vendor advisories · How we score

Am I affected?

Timeline

2025-06-26 03:15 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-17 09:47 UTCUpdated Record last modified

wpbeginner charitable UPGRADE

Affected: < 1.8.6.2

Fixed in: 1.8.6.2

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy charitable || rpm -q charitable || charitable --version

2. UPGRADE to 1.8.6.2 (Debian / Ubuntu)

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade charitable

2. UPGRADE (RHEL / Amazon Linux / Fedora)

sudo dnf upgrade charitable

Note

Distros often backport fixes without changing the version number. Confirm with the distro advisory or changelog.

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Quick answers

How do I fix CVE-2025-5275?

charitable: upgrade to 1.8.6.2. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Is CVE-2025-5275 being exploited?

CVE-2025-5275 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

What does CVE-2025-5275 affect?

CVE-2025-5275 affects charitable. Severity is medium (CVSS 4.4). The Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the privacy settings fields in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.6.1 due

How urgent is CVE-2025-5275?

Priority 18/100. No elevated risk signals yet.

Software pages

WordPress vulnerabilities

Related CVEs

CVE-2024-8791 CRITICAL 9.8 UPGRADE The Donation Forms by Charitable – Donations Plugin & Fundraising Platform for WordPress plugin for WordPress

References

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