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Vulnerability · CVE-2023-6700

cookieinformation wp-gdpr-compliance Missing Authorization

Published Jan 29, 2024 · catalog updated Jan 29, 2024 · cookieinformation wp-gdpr-compliance Missing Authorization

Patch now

CVE-2023-6700 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm cookieinformation wp-gdpr-compliance Missing Authorization 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 (cookieinformation wp-gdpr-compliance Missing Authorization).
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.46%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated wp-gdpr-compliance · vendor cookieinformation wp-gdpr-compliance

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.

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-gdpr-compliance<= 2.0.22
  • vendor cookieinformation wp-gdpr-complianceversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-6700

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-6700 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm cookieinformation wp-gdpr-compliance Missing Authorization 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 <= 2.0.22. 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 1.46%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

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. Jan 29, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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.

  2. Jan 29, 2024 · 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-2023-6700

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-6700

    30-day exploitation probability 1.5%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-6700

    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 subs

    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.