# CVE-2026-17587: Missing authorization in My Agile Privacy® – CMP, Cookie Consent & Privacy Tools

> Unauthenticated attackers can modify My Agile Privacy plugin settings due to missing authorization checks in AJAX actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7hj5-jq4r-7jhh

## What is CVE-2026-17587?

CVE-2026-17587 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in formulaagile My Agile Privacy® – CMP, Cookie Consent & Privacy Tools, published on 25 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The My Agile Privacy® – CMP, Cookie Consent & Privacy Tools plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.6. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings including missing_cookie_shield, cookie_shield_running, cmode_v2_js_on_error, cmode_v2_js_error_code, and cmode_v2_js_error_motivation stored in the plugin's settings key.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-17587?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-17587?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-17587 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-17587 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17587 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-17587 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-17587 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in formulaagile My Agile Privacy® – CMP, Cookie Consent & Privacy Tools, published on 25 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17587 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: formulaagile My Agile Privacy® – CMP, Cookie Consent & Privacy Tools. 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-2026-17587/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17587/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17587
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17587
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-17587

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17587/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.