Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in GDPR Cookie Compliance WordPress Plugin
CVE-2025-1621
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Key Information:
- Vendor
WordPress
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 16 March 2025
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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC
What is CVE-2025-1621?
The GDPR Cookie Compliance plugin for WordPress prior to version 4.15.7 has a vulnerability that fails to properly sanitize and escape certain settings. This oversight allows users with high privileges, such as administrators, to execute Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. This vulnerability can pose significant risks, particularly in multi-site environments where the unfiltered_html capability is typically disabled.
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.