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Exploited in the wild High confidence Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2021-42359

WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) <= 3.1.23 Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

Legalweb / WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) · 3.1.23 to <= 3.1.23

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Severity
CVSS 7.5 · High
Confidence
High
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
3.8%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2021-42359 is an unauthenticated WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) <= 3.1.23 Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion affecting Legalweb WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR).

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is high. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Legalweb / WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) 3.1.23 to <= 3.1.23.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) <= 3.1.23 Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) <= 3.1.23 had an AJAX action, ‘admin-dismiss-unsubscribe‘, which lacked a capability check and a nonce check and was available to unauthenticated users, and did not check the post type when deleting unsubscription requests. As such, it was possible for an attacker to permanently delete an arbitrary post or page on the site by sending an AJAX request with the “action” parameter set to “admin-dismiss-unsubscribe” and the “id” parameter set to the post to be deleted.

Sending such a request would move the post to the trash, and repeating the request would permanently delete the post in question.

legalweb Affected
WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR)
Through 3.1.23
Published
05 Nov 2021
Exploitation Reported
02 Nov 2021
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

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CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

Wordfence

Recorded 02 Nov 2021

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Proof of concept available

Nuclei Templates

Recorded 12 Jun 2026

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
Wordfence First 2021-11-02 07:04 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-42359.yaml 01 Jun 2026

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

7.5 High

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

3.8%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Improper Access Control CWE-284

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 7.5 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 6.4 Medium

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Potential Proof of Concepts

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WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) <= 3.1.23 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

nuclei · Created Unknown

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 14:20 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  2. 15:34 UTC

    Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  3. 19:44 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  4. 07:04 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  5. 00:00 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "cve_id": "CVE-2021-42359",
  "confidence": "High",
  "cvss_score": 7.5,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.03839,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}