CVE-2026-16984 (GCVE-0-2026-16984)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-26 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-26 14:43
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
WP Legal Pages < 3.7.1 - Unauthenticated API Secret Disclosure
Summary
The Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates WordPress plugin before 3.7.1 does not include an authorization check on a REST route that returns stored account data, allowing unauthenticated visitors to retrieve the connected service's API secret and account details, which can then be used to disconnect the Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates WordPress plugin before 3.7.1's integration.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-26 14:35 UTC
CWE
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c1bf0335-c954-47… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates |
Affected:
0 , < 3.7.1
(semver)
|
guessed |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
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Nomenclature
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- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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