# CVE-2026-82222 — Liquid Web / StellarWP GiveWP

> As of 2026-08-28, CVE-2026-82222 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in Liquid Web / StellarWP GiveWP, CVSS v3.1 10, EPSS 0.4% (34.8th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 2 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2026-82222, most recently “Five Critical WordPress Plugin/Theme Flaws (CVSS up to 10.0) Enable Site Takeover or RCE: WPMU DEV Dashboard, Avada/Fusion Builder, TranslatePress, Pods, GiveWP”.

**Last updated:** 2026-08-28

## What is CVE-2026-82222?

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Liquid Web / StellarWP GiveWP allows Object Injection. This issue affects GiveWP: from n/a through 4.16.7.1.

The record classifies CVE-2026-82222 under weakness class [CWE-502](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 23 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 10 — CRITICAL (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.8% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 8.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-08-28

## Is CVE-2026-82222 being exploited?

Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2026-82222 is publicly available. 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier.

- [dinosn/givewp-cve-2026-82222-rce-lab](https://github.com/dinosn/givewp-cve-2026-82222-rce-lab) (github)
- [UdinChan/cve-2026-82222-poc](https://github.com/UdinChan/cve-2026-82222-poc) (github)

## Affected products and versions

- **Liquid Web / StellarWP**: GiveWP

## How to fix CVE-2026-82222

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-82222 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-82222

2 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2026-82222, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Five Critical WordPress Plugin/Theme Flaws (CVSS up to 10.0) Enable Site Takeover or RCE: WPMU DEV Dashboard, Avada/Fusion Builder, TranslatePress, Pods, GiveWP](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2210) — CRITICAL · 2026-08-29
- [GiveWP WordPress Donation Plugin Flaw (CVE-2026-82222) Lets Attackers Execute Server Commands](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2188) — CRITICAL · 2026-08-28

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-08-31. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Third-party advisory**

- [patchstack.com — third party advisory](https://patchstack.com/articles/unauthenticated-php-object-injection-to-remote-code-execution-on-givewp?_s_id=cve)

**Vulnerability database entry**

- [patchstack.com — vdb entry](https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/give/vulnerability/wordpress-givewp-plugin-4-16-7-1-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability?_s_id=cve)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-82222
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-82222 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp