Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain WordPress admin credentials
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DeliveryAuthenticate to WP Admin panel
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ExploitNavigate to GDPR data-request table interface
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ExecutionInject SQL payload via 's' search parameter
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ImpactExtract sensitive database records via UNION-based injection
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a valid WordPress user account holding administrator-level privileges or higher (PR:H per CVSS vector). The attacker must access the admin-side GDPR data-request table interface that the plugin registers within WP Admin, and submit a crafted value for the 's' search/filter parameter. Limiting factors are: (1) administrator-level WordPress authentication is mandatory - unauthenticated users, subscribers, editors, and authors cannot trigger this code path; (2) the target site must have the plugin actively installed and running a version at or below 4.3.5; (3) the impact is read-only data extraction from the database - no data modification, privilege escalation, or service disruption is achievable through this vulnerability alone; (4) the vulnerability is not remotely exploitable without prior credential compromise or legitimate admin access. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.9 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N accurately reflects the primary tension in this vulnerability: the network-accessible attack surface and high confidentiality impact are substantially offset by the administrator-level privilege requirement (PR:H). In a typical WordPress single-site deployment, an administrator already possesses sufficient access to query the database through built-in tooling (wp-admin, plugin editors, phpMyAdmin if available), making the incremental risk of this SQLi relatively low. Risk is marginally elevated in multisite or managed hosting environments where WordPress administrators may have restricted direct database access. No EPSS data was provided, no CISA KEV listing exists, and no public exploit code has been identified - all signals consistent with a low-urgency finding. The missing EPSS score prevents quantified exploitation probability comparison. The four distinct vulnerable code locations do increase the effective attack surface within the plugin, but exploitation is gated entirely on obtaining valid admin credentials first. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has obtained WordPress administrator credentials - through phishing, credential stuffing, or insider threat - logs into the WP Admin panel and navigates to the GDPR data-request management table provided by the plugin. The attacker appends a SQL UNION SELECT payload to the 's' search parameter (e.g., injecting into the query at lines 322, 377, 492, or 513 of class-wpl-data-req-table.php), extracting sensitive records such as WordPress user hashes, email addresses, or stored PII from the database without triggering visible application errors. No public POC has been identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 03, 2026
SQL injection in the Cookie Banner for GDPR/CCPA - WPLP Cookie Consent WordPress plugin (all versions up to and including 4.3.5) enables authenticated administrators to append arbitrary SQL clauses to existing queries via the unescaped 's' search parameter in the admin data-request table interface. The vulnerable code spans at least four distinct query paths in class-wpl-data-req-table.php (lines 322, 377, 492, and 513), each failing to sanitize or properly prepare user-supplied input before use in database queries. No public exploit or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis; the high privilege requirement (WordPress administrator) substantially constrains real-world attack surface.
RemediationAI
A code fix was committed to the plugin's WordPress Subversion repository under changeset 3593450 (https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3593450%40gdpr-cookie-consent&new=3593450%40gdpr-cookie-consent); however, the exact patched release version is not independently confirmed from available data - administrators should consult the Wordfence advisory at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/572bfa82-92f5-4801-8710-0626ca563a6c and the WordPress plugin directory to identify the first released version incorporating this changeset, then upgrade immediately. As a compensating control prior to patching, enforce multi-factor authentication on all WordPress administrator accounts and restrict administrator-role assignment to the minimum necessary personnel, since PR:H means credential compromise is the sole prerequisite for exploitation. Temporary deactivation of the plugin's data-request admin table feature (if configurable) would eliminate the vulnerable endpoint entirely, at the cost of losing GDPR data-subject request management functionality.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability is rooted in CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command), specifically the failure to use WordPress's wpdb->prepare() mechanism or equivalent escaping before interpolating the 's' parameter into SQL queries. The affected component is the admin-facing GDPR data-request management module of the gdpr-cookie-consent plugin (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:wplegalpages:cookie_banner_for_gdpr_/_ccpa_-_wplp_cookie_consent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), developed by WP Legal Pages. The WordPress plugin architecture exposes this functionality via the WP Admin dashboard, and the vulnerable parameter appears in a WP_List_Table-style search/filter field. The multi-site occurrence of the flaw across lines 322, 377, 492, and 513 of class-wpl-data-req-table.php suggests the insecure pattern was replicated across several admin table query methods rather than isolated to a single code path.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Admin panel is network-accessible (AV:N), but PR:H reflects mandatory administrator credentials; SQL injection yields database reads only, so I:N and A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
DescriptionCVE.org
The Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA - WPLP Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 's' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
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