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CVE-2026-10038: Charitable WordPress Plugin: Delete Any File

CVE-2026-10038 · published 5 months ago

Summary

The Charitable WordPress plugin allows an attacker with a low-level account to delete any file from the site's media library. This is a concern for sites that rely on donations or fundraising through the plugin. To protect your site, update the plugin to the latest version or remove it if you're not using it.

Original advisory text

The Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference / Authorization Bypass leading to Arbitrary Attachment Deletion in versions up to, and including, 1.8.11.1 via the profile avatar update flow. This is due to the save_avatar() function in Charitable_Profile_Form calling wp_delete_attachment() on an attachment ID read from the user's 'avatar' meta without validating that the attachment is owned by the user, combined with Charitable_Data_Processor::process_picture() returning the raw posted value when no file is uploaded, allowing the 'avatar' user meta to be poisoned with any attacker-chosen attachment ID. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary attachments from the Media Library by performing a two-request chain (first poisoning the stored avatar meta value with a target attachment ID, then triggering deletion via a normal avatar upload).

References

Fix within

Internet-facing 60 days

Internal At next upgrade

Not known to be exploited
Needs hands-on effort to exploit
Gives an attacker partial control

Severity

4.3 Medium

Exploitation

<1% chance of attack within 30 days

Type

CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Timeline

Published6 Jun 2026

Updated3 Nov 2026

First seen6 Jun 2026

Sources

CVE-2026-10038 · NVD

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