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

7.5
Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2021-42359
CVSS 7.5 (High)
Publicly Published September 21, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Ram - Wordfence

Description

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.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug shapepress-dsgvo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.1.24, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.1.23
Patched Version
  • 3.1.24

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