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CVE-2025-8565: Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator WordPress Plugin : WP Legal Pages <= 3.4.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator WordPress Plugin : WP Legal Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of functionality due to a missing capability check on the wplp_gdpr_install_plugin_ajax_handler() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to install arbitrary repository plugins.

Affected products

• wplegalpages Privacy Policy Generator – WPLP Legal Pages: through 3.4.3

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3355766%40wplegalpages%2Ftrunk&old=3348524%40wplegalpages%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ed5f2c6d-a548-44c1-a07a-e33999bb164d?source=cve

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