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CVE-2024-3599: WP Cookie Consent ( for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy ) <= 3.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The WP Cookie Consent ( for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy ) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the gdpr_policy_process_delete() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary posts.

Affected products

• wplegalpages Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent: before 3.1.0 — fixed in 3.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wplegalpages Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent 3.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3071278/gdpr-cookie-consent/tags/3.1.0/admin/class-gdpr-cookie-consent-admin.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4b9abbf1-d9f5-4406-9d0c-bc2f9891d0e8?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3071278/gdpr-cookie-consent/tags/3.1.0/admin/class-gdpr-cookie-consent-admin.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4b9abbf1-d9f5-4406-9d0c-bc2f9891d0e8?source=cve

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