Known vulnerabilities in WhyDonate – FREE Donate button – Crowdfunding – Fundraising

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3Reported vulnerabilities

5.3Highest CVSS score

4.0.17Latest version

800+Active installs

What to do now

Update WhyDonate – FREE Donate button – Crowdfunding – Fundraising to 4.0.16 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: November 12, 2025 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.8.8 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2025-49899	Medium 5.3	0.3%	4.0.15 and earlier	`4.0.16`	October 20, 2025
CVE-2025-10186	Medium 5.3	0.3%	0 to 4.0.15 (inclusive)	`4.0.16`	October 15, 2025
CVE-2023-29238	Medium 4.3	0.3%	3.12.14 and earlier	`3.12.16`	May 10, 2023

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.