Medium severity · published Sep 1, 2026
CVE-2026-77189
Charitable <= 1.8.12.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'order' Shortcode Attribute
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via 'order' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.12.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. The [charitable_donors] shortcode is accessible to Contributor-level users via draft or pending post previews, providing an authenticated but low-privileged entry point for exploitation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CD
Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns) · smub
through 1.8.12.1 · source: vendor
Affected product
CD
Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns)
smub
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77189
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77189
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.8.12.1/includes/abstracts/abstract-class-charitable-query.php#L194
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.8.12.1/includes/abstracts/abstract-class-charitable-query.php#L443
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.8.12.1/includes/queries/class-charitable-donor-query.php#L60
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.8.12.1/includes/shortcodes/charitable-shortcodes-hooks.php#L37
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.8.12.1/includes/shortcodes/class-charitable-donors-shortcode.php#L171
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.8.12.1/includes/shortcodes/class-charitable-donors-shortcode.php#L52
