CVE-2025-8565
Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator WordPress Plugin : WP Legal Pages <= 3.4.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.1
Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator WordPress Plugin : WP Legal Pages <= 3.4.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-8565- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-30003
8.1
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-30003- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5854-rvpv-vpgh
8.1
The Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions Generator WordPress Plugin : WP Legal Pages...
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.
- Record
GHSA-5854-rvpv-vpgh- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.1
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-8565- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-8565 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Wplegalpages Privacy Policy Generator – Wplp Legal Pages, published September 18, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ed5f2c6d-a548-44c1-a07a-e33999bb164d?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3355766%40wplegalpages%2Ftrunk&old=3348524%40wplegalpages%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8565
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5854-rvpv-vpgh