Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Consent Log, Cookie Scanner, Script Blocker (for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy) : WP Cookie Consent <= 4.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-11754
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published February 18, 2026
Last Updated February 19, 2026
Researcher Rafshanzani Suhada
Description

The GDPR Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'gdpr/v1/settings' REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve sensitive plugin settings including API tokens, email addresses, account IDs, and site keys.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug gdpr-cookie-consent (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1.2
Patched Version
  • 4.1.3
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