CVE-2023-6700 (GCVE-0-2023-6700)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-05 21:21 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:48
VLAI
Title
Cookie Information | Free GDPR Consent Solution <= 2.0.22 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update
Summary
The Cookie Information | Free GDPR Consent Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary option updates due to a missing capability check on its AJAX request handler in versions up to, and including, 2.0.22. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access or higher, to edit arbitrary site options which can be used to create administrator accounts.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cookieinformation Cookie Information | Free GDPR Consent Solution Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.0.22 (semver)
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cookieinformation free_gdpr_consent_solution Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.0.22 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:cookieinformation:free_gdpr_consent_solution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Lucio Sá
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