CVE-2025-1622: The GDPR Cookie Compliance WordPress plugin before 4.15.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scriptin

low Affects gdpr-cookie-compliance (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The GDPR Cookie Compliance WordPress plugin before 4.15.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scriptin

Package
gdpr-cookie-compliance (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.15.7
Fixed in
4.15.7
Severity
low  CVSS 3.5
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (12.9th percentile)
Published
2025-03-16
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordgdpr-cookie-compliance (WordPress plugin) advisories

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