CVE-2025-49899 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2025-49899

WordPress Whydonate plugin <= 4.0.15 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

5.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in jjlemstra Whydonate wp-whydonate allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Whydonate: from n/a through <= 4.0.15.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Legion Hunter | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-whydonate/vulnerability/wordpress-whydonate-plugin-4-0-15-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Medium 5.3

Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Whydonate

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: October 22nd, 2025

Last Modified: April 28th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

Initial Access

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

Persistence

T1531 Account Access Removal

Impact