WP Cookie Consent ( for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy ) <= 3.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

2024-04-16 00:00

Krzysztof Zając

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.1.0

Affected PluginWPLP Cookie Consent – Cookie Banner & Consent Management for GDPR, CCPA & Google Consent Mode

Affected Version<= 3.0.2

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-3599

View all WPLP Cookie Consent – Cookie Banner & Consent Management for GDPR, CCPA & Google Consent Mode vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The WP Cookie Consent ( for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy ) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the gdpr_policy_process_delete() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary posts.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.1.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3599 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4b9abbf1-d9f5-4406-9d0c-bc2f9891d0e8

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityLow

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