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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

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-17 · updated 2026-09-28
• Weakness: CWE-862

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.

Affected products

• wplegalpages Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent: through 4.0.7

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gdpr-cookie-consent/tags/4.0.6/admin/class-gdpr-cookie-consent-admin.php#L8091
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gdpr-cookie-consent/tags/4.0.6/admin/class-gdpr-cookie-consent-admin.php#L8878
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/866b4ca8-563f-4a19-bbf7-79a79f07d53d?source=cve

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