CVE-2021-42359
WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) <= 3.1.23 Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion
Basic Information
- CVE State
- PUBLISHED
- Reserved Date
- October 14, 2021
- Published Date
- November 05, 2021
- Last Updated
- February 14, 2025
- Vendor
- legalweb
- Product
- WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR)
- Description
- 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 the post in question.
- Tags
- Score
- 1.45% (Percentile: 79.68%) as of 2025-05-12
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical Impact
- partial
- Exploited in the Wild
- Yes (2021-11-02 07:04:17 UTC) Source
nuclei_scanner
CVSS Scores
CVSS v3.1
7.5 - HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
6.4
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
SSVC Information
Exploit Status
Known Exploited Vulnerability Information
| Source | Added Date |
|---|---|
| Wordfence | 2021-11-02 07:04:17 UTC |
Scanner Integrations
| Scanner | URL | Date Detected |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-42359.yaml | 2026-06-01 15:34:31 UTC |
Timeline
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CVE ID Reserved
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Added to KEVIntel
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CVE Published to Public
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Detected by Nuclei