CVE-2021-42359 is a critical vulnerability affecting the WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) plugin up to version 3.1.23. It allows unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete arbitrary posts or pages on a WordPress site due to a missing capability and nonce check in an AJAX action. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.1 (Critical) and an EPSS score indicating a higher likelihood of exploitation compared to most CVEs, with a FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist for detecting this high-severity issue. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:legalweb:wp_dsgvo_tools:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.