Plugins · gdpr-cookie-compliance · data as of 2026-11-01
Is GDPR Cookie Compliance safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 5.2.2
- Last updated
- 2026-10-08
- Active installs
- 300,000+
- Known issues on record
- 9
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
Cookie notice banner for GDPR, CCPA, EU cookie law, data protection and privacy regulations and other cookie law and consent notice requirements on yo … — by Moove Agency
What to do
- Update to the latest version (5.2.2). Anything older than 5.1.0 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 gdpr-cookie-compliance --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update gdpr-cookie-compliance updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
9 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 4.3 CVE-2026-16613 · published 2026-08-05
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in GDPR Cookie Compliance (older than 5.1.0)
- Affected
- older than 5.1.0
- Fixed in
- 5.1.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The GDPR Cookie Compliance WordPress plugin before 5.1.0 expires the visitor's cookies from an action that is reachable without authentication and performs no request-origin check, allowing an attacker to log any user out and delete the site's cookies by luring them to a crafted link.
low 3.5 CVE-2025-1623 · published 2025-03-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in GDPR Cookie Compliance (older than 4.15.9)
- Affected
- older than 4.15.9
- Fixed in
- 4.15.9
- 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 CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The GDPR Cookie Compliance WordPress plugin before 4.15.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
low 3.5 CVE-2025-1624 · published 2025-03-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in GDPR Cookie Compliance (older than 4.15.9)
- Affected
- older than 4.15.9
- Fixed in
- 4.15.9
- 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 CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The GDPR Cookie Compliance WordPress plugin before 4.15.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
medium 4.8 CVE-2025-1619 · published 2025-03-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in GDPR Cookie Compliance (older than 4.15.7)
- Affected
- older than 4.15.7
- Fixed in
- 4.15.7
- 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 CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The GDPR Cookie Compliance WordPress plugin before 4.15.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
medium 4.8 CVE-2025-1620 · published 2025-03-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in GDPR Cookie Compliance (older than 4.15.7)
- Affected
- older than 4.15.7
- Fixed in
- 4.15.7
- 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 CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The GDPR Cookie Compliance WordPress plugin before 4.15.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
medium 4.8 CVE-2025-1621 · published 2025-03-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in GDPR Cookie Compliance (older than 4.15.7)
- Affected
- older than 4.15.7
- Fixed in
- 4.15.7
- 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 CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The GDPR Cookie Compliance WordPress plugin before 4.15.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
low 3.5 CVE-2025-1622 · published 2025-03-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in GDPR Cookie Compliance (older than 4.15.7)
- Affected
- older than 4.15.7
- Fixed in
- 4.15.7
- 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 CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The GDPR Cookie Compliance WordPress plugin before 4.15.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
medium 4.8 CVE-2025-2205 · published 2025-03-12
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in GDPR Cookie Compliance (4.15.6 and older)
- Affected
- 4.15.6 and older
- Fixed in
- 4.15.7 *
- 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 NVD
Details from the advisory
The GDPR Cookie Compliance – Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Cookie Notice – CCPA, DSGVO, RGPD plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 4.15.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
NVD CVE-2025-2205Wordfence advisoryWPScan advisoryresearch.cleantalk.org
medium 4.3 CVE-2019-25143 · published 2023-06-07
Missing authorization check in GDPR Cookie Compliance (4.0.2 and older)
- Affected
- 4.0.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 4.0.3 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The GDPR Cookie Compliance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the gdpr_cookie_compliance_reset_settings AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to reset all of the settings.
NVD CVE-2019-25143Wordfence advisoryWPScan advisoryblog.nintechnet.comacunetix.com
Recent activity
- 2026-10-08 — latest release on wordpress.org (5.2.2).
- 2026-08-05 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2026-16613), fixed in 5.1.0.
- 2025-03-16 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-1623), fixed in 4.15.9.
- 2025-03-16 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-1624), fixed in 4.15.9.
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Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/gdpr-cookie-compliance (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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