WordPress Plugin 'WP GDPR Compliance' < 1.4.3 Privilege Escalation

critical Nessus Plugin ID 118935

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Synopsis

The remote WordPress application has a plugin installed that is vulnerable to privilege escalation.

Description

The WordPress application running on the remote host has a version of the 'WP GDPR Compliance' plugin that is prior to 1.4.3 and, thus, is affected by a user-input validation error that can allow privilege escalation attacks. Such attacks allow, among other actions, creation of new administrator-level users.

Solution

Update the 'WP GDPR Compliance' plugin to version 1.4.3 or greater through the administrative dashboard.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 118935

File Name: wordpress_plugin_wp-gdpr-compliance_1_4_3.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 11/14/2018

Updated: 7/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19207

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19207

Detections

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