# CVE-2022-3911: iubenda < 3.3.3 - Subscriber+ Privileges Escalation to Admin

> Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to admin due to missing authorization checks in an AJAX action.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5rfm-q8cg-pq99

## What is CVE-2022-3911?

CVE-2022-3911 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more, published on 2 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The iubenda WordPress plugin before 3.3.3 does does not have authorisation and CSRF in an AJAX action, and does not ensure that the options to be updated belong to the plugin as long as they are arrays. As a result, any authenticated users, such as subscriber can grant themselves any privileges, such as edit_plugins etc

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3911?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Iubenda Iubenda-Cookie-Law-Solution.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3911?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3911 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3911 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3911 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more

- [CVE-2020-12742](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12742/): Open redirect in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3911 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3911 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more, published on 2 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3911 exists.

Affected product: Unknown iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3911/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3911/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3911
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3911
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3911

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3911/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.