CVE-2025-8565

Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator WordPress Plugin : WP Legal Pages <= 3.4.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation

2025-09-17 20:43
wesley (wcraft)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.4.4
Affected Plugin
Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates – WPLP Legal Pages
Affected Version
<= 3.4.3
CVSS
8.1High
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2025-8565
View all Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates – WPLP Legal Pages vulnerabilities

At a glance

CVE-2025-8565 is a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.4.3. It carries a CVSS score of 8.1 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 3.4.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2025, reported by wesley (wcraft).

Vulnerability Overview

The Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator WordPress Plugin : WP Legal Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of functionality due to a missing capability check on the wplp_gdpr_install_plugin_ajax_handler() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to install arbitrary repository plugins.

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 interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on integrity, availability.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates <= 3.4.3 carries this weakness at wplp_gdpr_install_plugin_ajax_handler(), and reaching it takes an account at Contributor level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates the fix is 3.4.4: builds <= 3.4.3 are affected, anything from 3.4.4 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.4.4, 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 3.4.4 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-2025-8565https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ed5f2c6d-a548-44c1-a07a-e33999bb164dhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8565

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