GDPR Cookie Notice Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/gdpr-cookie-notice

GDPR Cookie Notice allow you to get GDPR Cookie Consent as per EU GDPR/Cookie Law regulations. Show cookie notice to your own website.

100 active installs v1.2.0 PHP 5.4.0+ WP 3.5+ Updated Sep 23, 2021
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64
C · Use Caution
CVEs total1
Unpatched1
Last CVEApr 1, 2025
Safety Verdict

Is GDPR Cookie Notice Safe to Use in 2026?

Use With Caution

Score 64/100

GDPR Cookie Notice has 1 unpatched vulnerability. Evaluate alternatives or apply available mitigations.

1 known CVE 1 unpatched Last CVE: Apr 1, 2025Updated 4yr ago
Risk Assessment

The static analysis of 'gdpr-cookie-notice' v1.2.0 reveals a generally good security posture in several key areas. The plugin exhibits no identified dangerous functions, no direct SQL queries (all use prepared statements), no file operations, and no external HTTP requests, which significantly reduces the attack surface. Furthermore, the absence of shortcodes, cron events, and REST API routes with permission callbacks, coupled with the lack of AJAX handlers, suggests a limited entry point for attackers. However, the complete absence of nonce checks and capability checks across all entry points is a significant concern, indicating a potential weakness in authorization and session validation.

Key Concerns

  • Unpatched medium severity CVE
  • Missing nonce checks on entry points
  • Missing capability checks on entry points
  • 33% of outputs not properly escaped
Vulnerabilities
1

GDPR Cookie Notice Security Vulnerabilities

CVEs by Year

1 CVE in 2025 · unpatched
2025
Patched Has unpatched

Severity Breakdown

Medium
1

1 total CVE

CVE-2025-31765medium · 5.3Missing Authorization

GDPR Cookie Notice <= 1.2.0 - Missing Authorization

Apr 1, 2025Unpatched
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

GDPR Cookie Notice Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
2
4 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

67% escaped6 total outputs
Attack Surface

GDPR Cookie Notice Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 5
actionadmin_menusrc\Admin.php:11
actionadmin_initsrc\Admin.php:13
actionadmin_noticessrc\Cookie_Notice.php:18
actionwp_enqueue_scriptssrc\Cookie_Notice.php:24
actioninitsrc\Cookie_Notice.php:26
Maintenance & Trust

GDPR Cookie Notice Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested5.7.15
Last updatedSep 23, 2021
PHP min version5.4.0
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs100
Developer Profile

GDPR Cookie Notice Developer Profile

themeqx

5 plugins · 130 total installs

83
trust score
Avg Security Score
84/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect GDPR Cookie Notice

Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/gdpr-cookie-notice/assets/frontend.css/wp-content/plugins/gdpr-cookie-notice/assets/frontend.js
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/gdpr-cookie-notice/assets/frontend.js
Version Parameters
gdpr-cookie-notice/assets/frontend.css?ver=gdpr-cookie-notice/assets/frontend.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

JS Globals
gdprcn
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about GDPR Cookie Notice