Plugins · cookie-notice · data as of 2026-11-01
Is Cookie Compliance for WordPress safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 3.1.17
- Last updated
- 2026-10-15
- Active installs
- 800,000+
- Known issues on record
- 4
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
Consent management for WordPress — GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy, autoblocking, Google Consent Mode, Microsoft Consent Mode (Pro), GPC & WP Consent API. — by Humanityco
What to do
- Update to the latest version (3.1.17). Anything older than 2.5.9 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get cookie-notice --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update cookie-notice updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
4 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 5.9 CVE-2025-67554 · published 2025-12-09
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Cookie Compliance for WordPress (2.5.8 and older)
- Affected
- 2.5.8 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.5.9
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Humanityco Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA cookie-notice allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA: from n/a through <= 2.5.8.
medium 6.4 CVE-2025-11186 · published 2025-11-22
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Cookie Compliance for WordPress (2.5.8 and older)
- Affected
- 2.5.8 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.5.9 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's cookies_accepted shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
medium 4.4 CVE-2022-3399 · published 2024-08-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Cookie Compliance for WordPress (2.4.17.1 and older)
- Affected
- 2.4.17.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.4.18 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'cookie_notice_options[refuse_code_head]' parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.4.17.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrative privileges and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the injected /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookie-notice page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
medium 5.4 CVE-2023-24400 · published 2023-05-07
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Cookie Compliance for WordPress (2.4.6 and older)
- Affected
- 2.4.6 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.4.7
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Auth. (contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Hu-manity.Co Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA plugin <= 2.4.6 versions.
Recent activity
- 2026-10-15 — latest release on wordpress.org (3.1.17).
- 2025-12-09 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-67554), fixed in 2.5.9.
- 2025-11-22 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-11186), fixed in 2.5.9.
- 2024-08-16 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2022-3399), fixed in 2.4.18.
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Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/cookie-notice (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-01.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-01. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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