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Real Cookie Banner Vulnerabilities

12 known security issues reported for the Real Cookie Banner WordPress plugin. Most recent disclosed Oct 24, 2025.

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Real Cookie Banner: GDPR &amp; ePrivacy Cookie Consent [real-cookie-banner] < 5.2.5

unknown

[en] The Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.4. This is due to insufficient validation on the user-supplied URL in the '/scanner/scan-without-login' REST API endpoint. This makes it possible for au...

Affected:
up to 5.2.5
Fixed in:
5.2.5
Disclosed:
Oct 24, 2025

CVE-2025-12136 on NVD →

Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent <= 5.2.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Server-Side Request Forgery via scan-without-login Endpoint

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The Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.4. This is due to insufficient validation on the user-supplied URL in the '/scanner/scan-without-login' REST API endpoint. This makes it possible for authent...

CVSS:
6.8
Affected:
up to 5.2.4
Fixed in:
5.2.5
Disclosed:
Oct 23, 2025

CVE-2025-12136 on NVD →

Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent <= 5.1.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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The Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level...

CVSS:
4.4
Affected:
up to 5.1.5
Fixed in:
5.1.6
Disclosed:
May 12, 2025

CVE-2025-1485 on NVD →

Real Cookie Banner: GDPR &amp; ePrivacy Cookie Consent [real-cookie-banner] < 3.4.10

unknown

[en] The Real Cookie Banner WordPress plugin before 3.4.10 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged-in admins.

Affected:
up to 3.4.10
Fixed in:
3.4.10
Disclosed:
Jan 16, 2023

CVE-2022-4507 on NVD →

Real Cookie Banner <= 3.4.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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The Real Cookie Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 3.4.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions and above to inje...

CVSS:
6.4
Affected:
up to 3.4.9
Fixed in:
3.4.10
Disclosed:
Dec 23, 2022

CVE-2022-4507 on NVD →

Real Cookie Banner <= 2.18.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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The Real Cookie Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in versions up to, and including, 2.18.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they...

CVSS:
6.1
Affected:
up to 2.18.1
Fixed in:
2.18.2
Disclosed:
Jun 14, 2022

Real Cookie Banner: GDPR &amp; ePrivacy Cookie Consent [real-cookie-banner] < 2.18.2

unknown

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered by WPScanTeam in WordPress Real Cookie Banner plugin (versions <= 2.18.1). Update the WordPress Real Cookie Banner plugin to the latest available version (at least 2.18.2).

Affected:
up to 2.18.2
Fixed in:
2.18.2
Disclosed:
Jun 14, 2022

Real Cookie Banner: GDPR &amp; ePrivacy Cookie Consent [real-cookie-banner] < 2.18.2

unknown

The Real Cookie Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in versions up to, and including, 2.18.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they...

Affected:
up to 2.18.2
Fixed in:
2.18.2
Disclosed:
Jun 14, 2022

Real Cookie Banner: GDPR &amp; ePrivacy Cookie Consent [real-cookie-banner] < 2.14.2

unknown

[en] The WordPress Real Cookie Banner: GDPR (DSGVO) & ePrivacy Cookie Consent WordPress plugin before 2.14.2 does not have CSRF checks in place when resetting its settings, allowing attackers to make a logged in admin reset them via a CSRF attack

Affected:
up to 2.14.2
Fixed in:
2.14.2
Disclosed:
Mar 7, 2022

CVE-2022-0445 on NVD →

WordPress Real Cookie Banner: GDPR (DSGVO) & ePrivacy Cookie Consent < 2.14.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

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The WordPress Real Cookie Banner: GDPR (DSGVO) & ePrivacy Cookie Consent WordPress plugin before 2.14.2 does not have CSRF checks in place when resetting its settings, allowing attackers to make a logged in admin reset them via a CSRF attack.

CVSS:
6.5
Affected:
up to 2.14.2
Fixed in:
2.14.2
Disclosed:
Feb 7, 2022

CVE-2022-0445 on NVD →

Real Cookie Banner: GDPR &amp; ePrivacy Cookie Consent [real-cookie-banner] < 2.18.2

unknown

The plugin does not escape some URLs before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Affected:
up to 2.18.2
Fixed in:
2.18.2

Real Cookie Banner: GDPR &amp; ePrivacy Cookie Consent [real-cookie-banner] < 5.1.6

unknown
Affected:
up to 5.1.6
Fixed in:
5.1.6

CVE-2025-1485 on NVD →

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