Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator - WPLegalPages <= 2.7.0 - Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-01-05 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.7.1

Affected PluginPrivacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates – WPLP Legal Pages

Affected Version< 2.7.1

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2021-25106

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Vulnerability Overview

The Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator WordPress Plugin : WPLegalPages WordPress plugin before 2.7.1 does not check for authorisation and has a flawed CSRF logic when saving its settings, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber, to update them. Furthermore, due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping, it could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.7.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25106 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e85adbd-7e82-4949-916b-20aba1f97bf1

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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