---
id: CVE-2025-4519
title: >-
  The IDonate – Blood Donation, Request And Donor Management System plugin for
  WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability
  check on the idonate_donor_password() function in versions 2.1.5 to 2.1.9
summary: >-
  The IDonate – Blood Donation, Request And Donor Management System plugin for
  WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability
  check on the idonate_donor_password() function in versions 2.1.5 to 2.1.9.
  This make…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-285
vendor: themeatelier
product: idonate
affected:
  - 'idonate >= 2.1.5, < 2.1.10'
patched:
  - idonate 2.1.10
published: '2025-11-07'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T21:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4519'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/idonate/tags/2.1.9/src/Helpers/DonorFunctions.php#L410
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3334424/idonate/tags/2.1.10/src/Helpers/DonorFunctions.php?old=3279142&old_path=idonate%2Ftags%2F2.1.9%2Fsrc%2FHelpers%2FDonorFunctions.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: 'https://wordpress.org/plugins/idonate/#developers'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/596aef67-582a-4506-bae9-c7be1899e47a?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00339
epssPercentile: 0.25276
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T21:54:14.976Z'
---

## Overview

The IDonate – Blood Donation, Request And Donor Management System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the idonate_donor_password() function in versions 2.1.5 to 2.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to initiate a password reset for any user (including administrators) and elevate their privileges for full site takeover.

## Affected

- `idonate >= 2.1.5, < 2.1.10`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `idonate 2.1.10`