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

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-1666
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published March 5, 2025
Last Updated March 6, 2025
Researcher Peter Thaleikis
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug cookiebot (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.4.1
Patched Version
  • 4.4.2
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