Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in GDPR Cookie Compliance Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-1619

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Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Gdpr Cookie Compliance
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 March 2025

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The GDPR Cookie Compliance plugin for WordPress prior to version 4.15.7 contains a flaw where certain settings are not properly sanitized and escaped. This oversight can enable high-privileged users, such as administrators, to conduct Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. Notably, this vulnerability can occur even when the unfiltered_html capability is restricted, as seen in multisite environments, thereby posing a risk to website integrity and user trust.

Affected Version(s)

GDPR Cookie Compliance 0 < 4.15.7

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2025-1619 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ae9bc19d-1634-4501-a258-...
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Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dmitrii Ignatyev
WPScan
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