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Missing Authorization

CVE-2024-5607

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

The missing authorization vulnerability occurs when a software program allows users to access privileged parts of the program without verifying the user credentials. Impact of such a vulnerability depends on the resources employed by the software, ranging from account takeover to sensitive information exposure, denial of service, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published