CVE-2025-8565

HIGH

WP Legal Pages <3.4.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3355766%40wplegalpages%2Ftrunk&old=3348524%40wplegalpages%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ed5f2c6d-a548-44c1-a07a-e33999bb164d?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1

EPSS 0.0026

EPSS Percentile 17.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (2)

wplegalpages/Privacy Policy Generator – WPLP Legal Pages < 3.4.3

wplegalpages/Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator WordPress Plugin : WP Legal Pages < 3.4.3

Published Sep 18, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026