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GHSA-M254-MFGM-2HWX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 22:28 – Updated: 2022-07-26 00:01

Details

WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) <= 3.1.23 had an AJAX action, ‘admin-dismiss-unsubscribe‘, which lacked a capability check and a nonce check and was available to unauthenticated users, and did not check the post type when deleting unsubscription requests. As such, it was possible for an attacker to permanently delete an arbitrary post or page on the site by sending an AJAX request with the “action” parameter set to “admin-dismiss-unsubscribe” and the “id” parameter set to the post to be deleted. Sending such a request would move the post to the trash, and repeating the request would permanently delete the post in question.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


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

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CVE-2021-42359 (GCVE-0-2021-42359)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-05 19:44 – Updated: 2025-02-14 17:52

Title

WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) <= 3.1.23 Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-14 17:52 UTC

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/11/vulnerabil…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
legalweb	WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR)	Affected: 3.1.23 , ≤ 3.1.23 (custom)

Credits

Ramuel Gall, Wordfence

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