ZDF
Sign inSign up

Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2021-42359

legalweb wp_dsgvo_tools Improper Access Control

Published Nov 2, 2021 · catalog updated Nov 2, 2021 · legalweb wp_dsgvo_tools Improper Access

Patch now

CVE-2021-42359 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm legalweb wp_dsgvo_tools Improper Access against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (legalweb wp_dsgvo_tools Improper Access).
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
3.84%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated wp_dsgvo_tools · vendor legalweb wp_dsgvo_tools

WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) <= 3.1.23 had an AJAX action, ‘admin-dismiss-unsubscribe‘, which lacked a capability check and a nonce check and was available to unauthenticated users, and did not check the post type when deleting unsubscription requests. As such, it was possible for an attacker to permanently delete an arbitrary post or page on the site by sending an AJAX request with the “action” parameter set to “admin-dismiss-unsubscribe” and the “id” parameter set to the post to be deleted. Sending such a request would move the post to the trash, and repeating the request would permanently delete t

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • stated wp_dsgvo_tools<= 3.1.23
  • vendor legalweb wp_dsgvo_toolsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2021-42359

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2021-42359 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm legalweb wp_dsgvo_tools Improper Access against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 3.1.23. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 3.84%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 2, 2021 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) <= 3.1.23 had an AJAX action, ‘admin-dismiss-unsubscribe‘, which lacked a capability check and a nonce check and was available to unauthenticated users, and did not check the post type when deleting unsubscription requests. As such, it was possible for an attacker to permanently delete an arbitrary post or page on the site by sending an AJAX request with the “action” paramete

  2. Nov 2, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2021-42359

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2021-42359

    30-day exploitation probability 3.8%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-42359

    WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) <= 3.1.23 had an AJAX action, ‘admin-dismiss-unsubscribe‘, which lacked a capability check and a nonce check and was available to unauthenticated users, and did not check the post type when deleting unsubscription requests. As such, it was possible for an at

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.