CVE-2025-14061

Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Consent Log, Cookie Scanner, Script Blocker (for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy) : WP Cookie Consent <= 4.0.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

mediumMissing Authorization

5.3

CVSS Score

5.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

4.0.8

Patched in

Time to patch

Description

The Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Consent Log, Cookie Scanner, Script Blocker (for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy) : WP Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data modification due to a missing capability check on the gdpr_delete_policy_data function in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, attachments, and other post types by ID.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=4.0.7

PublishedDecember 16, 2025

Last updatedDecember 17, 2025

Affected plugingdpr-cookie-consent

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/866b4ca8-563f-4a19-bbf7-79a79f07d53d?source=api-prod

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