CVE-2026-78259

Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates – WPLP Legal Pages <= 3.7.0 - Missing Authorization

2026-08-24 00:00
HieuPenguinnn

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.7.1
Affected Plugin
Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates – WPLP Legal Pages
Affected Version
<= 3.7.0
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
CVE
CVE-2026-78259
View all Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates – WPLP Legal Pages vulnerabilities

At a glance

CVE-2026-78259 is a medium-severity Improper Authentication vulnerability in the Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.7.0. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.7.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2026, reported by HieuPenguinnn.

Vulnerability Overview

The Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates – WPLP Legal Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 3.7.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Reaching this weakness in Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates <= 3.7.0 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper authentication means the mechanism that proves who a caller is can be satisfied without the secret it was supposed to require.

An attacker authenticates as another user — administrators included — without ever knowing a password, so password policies and login rate limits never come into play. For Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates the fix is 3.7.1: builds <= 3.7.0 are affected, anything from 3.7.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.7.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates 3.7.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78259https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/86a14cbc-16f2-479b-b40f-6d1224595721https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78259

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