# Charitable – Donation & Fundraising Platform (Donation Forms, Recurring Donations & Fundraising Campaigns)

> The best WordPress donation plugin. Create fundraising donation forms, accept recurring donations, easy donor management, add crowdfunding, and more.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `charitable`
- Author: Syed Balkhi
- Version: 1.8.15.1
- Active installs: 10,000+
- Last update: 2026-11-11 (2 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.9, PHP 7.4
- Tags: crowdfunding, donate, donation, fundraising, recurring donations
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/charitable/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 2 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Leaky ↔ Spam-proof, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Locked in ↔ Portable, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-06 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.8.12.3). CVE-2026-104394, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/44a05533-63e9-4a34-a29a-2ab8399a4ddb?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-01 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'order' Shortcode Attribute (up to 1.8.12.1). CVE-2026-77189, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1cfc48bc-1768-49ef-bb22-7fa2c6691b23?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-31 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection (up to 1.8.12.1). CVE-2026-81287, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/318919b1-2e92-4817-82f3-04db1c7f4fcf?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-21 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Donation Payment Bypass (before 1.8.12). CVE-2026-16650, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a3037cd-43b8-4f6e-a3e5-b8c48d2a0dbe?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-18 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 1.8.11.3). CVE-2026-73994, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39bcc1af-0315-44e0-864a-4105cedd216c?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-02 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.8.5.3). CVE-2025-15675, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e5a44629-af3f-4bc7-8e68-bbe7df3747f1?source=api-prod
- 2026-06-06 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Attachment Deletion via 'avatar' Parameter (up to 1.8.11.1). CVE-2026-10038, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/657bea00-9709-48b8-807a-c9a18b0aee1d?source=api-prod
- 2026-05-13 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Custom+) SQL Injection via 's' Search Parameter (up to 1.8.10.4). CVE-2026-7619, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/950bed9d-8698-4aa0-86a4-fac9e07bb42b?source=api-prod
- 2026-04-06 MEDIUM: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity to Unauthenticated Donation Status Forgery via Stripe Webhook (up to 1.8.9.7). CVE-2026-3177, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc3b2645-7b57-4884-99c5-e37dbd4a9600?source=api-prod
- 2025-10-24 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection (up to 1.8.8.4). CVE-2025-11893, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/46b7820c-f36d-4c7d-b326-07259786fc6a?source=api-prod
- 2025-06-25 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Plugin's Privacy Settings (up to 1.8.6.1). CVE-2025-5275, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/453d8918-32dc-43d6-8969-71f719536891?source=api-prod
- 2025-05-07 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.8.5.1). CVE-2025-47520, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/161c2365-932f-44d0-a76c-4aeb01f9379c?source=api-prod
- 2025-03-26 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.8.4.7). CVE-2025-30770, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d5b5eb2a-4a6a-4a58-93ec-c83a573b8a86?source=api-prod
- 2024-11-08 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.8.3). CVE-2024-10876, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/68014bb5-b2ef-4e2f-9c47-85e555ded5a7?source=api-prod
- 2024-09-23 CRITICAL: Insecure Direct Object Reference to Account Takeover and Privilege Escalation (up to 1.8.1.14). CVE-2024-8791, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0ee60943-b583-4a99-8e62-846b380c98aa?source=api-prod
- 2024-07-04 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Unauthorized Donation (up to 1.8.1.7). CVE-2024-37506, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bb6c977f-6ab3-4c94-83b1-968dafca4a8e?source=api-prod
- 2024-07-04 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization via ajax_license_check() (up to 1.8.1.7). CVE-2024-37510, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d7ccbe77-939f-4828-9b86-40cd654cfce6?source=api-prod
- 2023-10-11 MEDIUM: Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.7.0.14). CVE-2023-47816, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dbaedb36-6710-48ab-8bb5-e6065fa8df51?source=api-prod
- 2023-08-17 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (up to 1.7.0.12). CVE-2023-4404, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/522ecc1c-5834-4325-9234-79cf712213f3?source=api-prod
- 2023-04-19 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.7.0.10). CVE-2022-47441, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b3b9576-7c7d-4665-92d5-03aa292cdbbe?source=api-prod
- 2021-07-21 MEDIUM: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.6.50). CVE-2021-24531, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/23a01c60-d843-4fc5-a5fa-677f452008b5?source=api-prod
- 2021-07-21 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.6.50). WF-f8aa8dd6-abff-4c37-98d5-39a924b15651, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f8aa8dd6-abff-4c37-98d5-39a924b15651?source=api-prod
- 2018-05-16 MEDIUM: Unauthorized Access to Information Disclosure (before 1.5.14). CVE-2018-21011, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5be1b4b2-4b33-45d7-82fd-b4d51e16535c?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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