GDPR Cookie Compliance <= 4.0.2 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2019-25143
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published December 27, 2019
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jerome Bruandet
Description

The GDPR Cookie Compliance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the gdpr_cookie_compliance_reset_settings AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to reset all of the settings.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug gdpr-cookie-compliance (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.0.2
Patched Version
  • 4.0.3
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