CVE-2025-8565 Missing authorization in Privacy Policy Generator – WPLP Legal Pages
Authenticated contributors can install arbitrary plugins due to missing capability checks, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-8565?
CVE-2025-8565 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wplegalpages Privacy Policy Generator – WPLP Legal Pages, published on 18 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8565?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8565?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8565 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-8565 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8565 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5854-rvpv-vpgh.