Vulnerability · Published Jun 2, 2025 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2025-1485Real Cookie Banner < 5.1.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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).
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent | 0 – before 5.1.6 |
| Unknown | real-cookie-banner-pro | 0 – before 5.1.6 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0158eb67-cd36-4406-bf70-6f2be849ec52/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description