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CVE-2025-1666: Cookie banner plugin for WordPress – Cookiebot CMP by Usercentrics <= 4.4.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Survey Submission

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: 2025-03-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Cookie banner plugin for WordPress – Cookiebot CMP by Usercentrics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the send_uninstall_survey() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to submit the uninstall survey on behalf of a website.

Affected products

• Cookiebot by Usercentrics – Automatic Cookie Banner for GDPR/CCPA & Google Consent Mode: through 4.4.1

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cookiebot/tags/4.4.1/src/lib/Cookiebot_Review.php#L135
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3251089%40cookiebot&new=3251089%40cookiebot&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d2e5fca6-363c-4875-9eb8-44e080d99650?source=cve

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