Unauthorized Functionality Access in WP Legal Pages Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2025-8565

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator WordPress Plugin : WP Legal Pages
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 September 2025

What is CVE-2025-8565?

The WP Legal Pages plugin for WordPress is impacted by a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Contributor-level access and above to exploit a missing capability check in the wplp_gdpr_install_plugin_ajax_handler() function. This oversight permits the installation of arbitrary repository plugins, potentially compromising the security of affected WordPress installations.

Affected Version(s)

Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator WordPress Plugin : WP Legal Pages * <= 3.4.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

wesley
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CVE-2025-8565 : Unauthorized Functionality Access in WP Legal Pages Plugin by WordPress