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Total Donations CVE-2026-78570

| EUVDEUVD-2026-65358 CRITICAL
Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269)
2026-08-25 Wordfence GHSA-jc8r-vc53-6jvv
9.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Wordfence
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Vendor (Wordfence) PRIMARY
9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI
9.8 CRITICAL

Unauthenticated (PR:N), remote (AV:N), low-complexity (AC:L) role elevation to administrator grants full site control, so C:H/I:H/A:H with unchanged scope.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).

CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Aug 25, 2026 - 10:07 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 25, 2026 - 09:27 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionCVE.org

The Total Donations plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an adminsitrator.

AnalysisAI

Privilege escalation in the Total Donations WordPress plugin (all versions through 2.0.5) lets unauthenticated attackers promote themselves to full administrator, per Wordfence and Patchstack advisories. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) rates it Critical 9.8 with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Identify WordPress site running Total Donations
Delivery
Send crafted unauthenticated request to role endpoint
Exploit
Escalate own account to administrator
Execution
Install malicious plugin/webshell
Impact
Achieve full site takeover

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation The target must be a WordPress site with the Total Donations plugin (version ≤ 2.0.5) installed and active; the plugin's vulnerable privilege-management endpoint must be reachable. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment Multiple signals point to real, not merely nominal, priority: the CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N with S:U and C:H/I:H/A:H, meaning remote, low-complexity, unauthenticated exploitation yielding full site compromise - an administrator account on WordPress is effectively total control of the site. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker discovers a WordPress site running Total Donations and sends a crafted unauthenticated HTTP request to the vulnerable plugin endpoint that manipulates user roles, creating or elevating an account to administrator. With admin access they install a malicious plugin or theme webshell, achieving full remote code execution and site takeover. …
Remediation No vendor-released patch version is identified in the available data - the vulnerability spans all versions through 2.0.5 with no fixed release cited by Wordfence or Patchstack. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours: Inventory all WordPress instances for Total Donations plugin versions 2.0.5 and below; immediately disable or remove the plugin from production environments and notify all stakeholders of the exposure window. …

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