GDPR CCPA Compliance & Cookie Consent Banner: A security weakness
GDPR CCPA Compliance & Cookie Consent Banner is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- GDPR CCPA Compliance & Cookie Consent Banner
- Plugin slug
gdpr-ccpa-compliance-&-cookie-consent-banner- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 07, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jun 07, 2024 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update GDPR CCPA Compliance & Cookie Consent Banner to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The GDPR CCPA Compliance & Cookie Consent Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions named ajaxUpdateSettings() in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify the plugin's settings, update page content, send arbitrary emails and inject malicious web scripts.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N