Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-6700 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in Cookieinformation Wp-Gdpr-Compliance
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The Cookie Information | Free GDPR Consent Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary option updates due to a missing capability check on its AJAX request handler in versions up to, and including, 2.0.22. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access or higher, to edit arbitrary site options which can be used to create administrator accounts.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3028096/wp-gdpr-compliance/trunk?contextall=1&old=2865555&old_path=%2Fwp-gdpr-compliance%2Ftrunk
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3028096/wp-gdpr-compliance/trunk?contextall=1&old=2865555&old_path=%2Fwp-gdpr-compliance%2Ftrunk
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/42a4ef37-c842-4925-b06a-3e6423337567?source=cve
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/42a4ef37-c842-4925-b06a-3e6423337567?source=cve