Plugins · lightweight-cookie-notice-free · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Lightweight Cookie Notice safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.21
- Last updated
- 2026-06-26
- Active installs
- 5,000+
- Known issues on record
- 1
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.0.8 · PHP 7.2+
This is the free version of Lightweight Cookie Notice, the lightweight and customizable cookie plugin for WordPress. — by DAEXT
What to do
- Update to the latest version (1.21). Anything older than 1.20 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 lightweight-cookie-notice-free --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update lightweight-cookie-notice-free updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
1 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 5.3 CVE-2026-12272 · published 2026-10-16
Remote code execution in Lightweight Cookie Notice (1.19 and older)
- Affected
- 1.19 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.20 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Lightweight Cookie Notice – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.19 This is due to the W3TC_DYNAMIC_SECURITY constant being hardcoded to a publicly known value. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to know the W3 Total Cache mfunc security key, which when W3 Total Cache is installed may allow arbitrary PHP code injection.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-26 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.21).
- 2026-10-16 — Remote code execution disclosed (CVE-2026-12272), fixed in 1.20.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Remote code execution (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/lightweight-cookie-notice-free (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. 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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