CVE-2026-97196

CRITICAL 9.1

WordPress GiveWP plugin <= 4.16.9 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

CVSS Score

9.1

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Improper Validation of Unsafe Equivalence in Input vulnerability in Liquid Web / StellarWP GiveWP allows Authentication Bypass. This issue affects GiveWP: from n/a through 4.16.9.

CWE	CWE-1289
Vendor	liquid web / stellarwp
Product	givewp
Published	Sep 30, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Affected Versions

Liquid Web / StellarWP / GiveWP

n/a ≤ 4.16.9

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

patchstack.com: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/give/vulnerability/wordpress-givewp-plugin-4-16-9-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Credits

Abdelrhman Allam | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program