The Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent WordPress plugin before 5.1.6, real-cookie-banner-pro WordPress plugin before 5.1.6 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).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00059.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Unknown Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected
< 5.1.6
Unknown real-cookie-banner-pro unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected
< 5.1.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:devowl:wordpress_real_cookie_banner:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors Products
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Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-16608 The Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent WordPress plugin before 5.1.6, real-cookie-banner-pro WordPress plugin before 5.1.6 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).
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0158eb67-cd36-4406-bf70-6f2be849ec52/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0003}

 epss

{'score': 0.0004}

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Devowl
Devowl wordpress Real Cookie Banner
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:devowl:wordpress_real_cookie_banner:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Devowl
Devowl wordpress Real Cookie Banner

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent WordPress plugin before 5.1.6, real-cookie-banner-pro WordPress plugin before 5.1.6 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).
Title Real Cookie Banner < 5.1.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-02T15:46:10.440Z

Reserved: 2025-02-19T21:44:34.597Z

Link: CVE-2025-1485

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-02T15:14:47.716Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-06-02T06:15:20.267

Modified: 2025-06-09T20:51:37.133

Link: CVE-2025-1485

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses