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TI-2025-01275 Aliases CVE-2025-1485GHSA-v8mm-64rg-m2wg

Real Cookie Banner < 5.1.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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).

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00257 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent (Unknown): 5.1.6real-cookie-banner-pro (Unknown): 5.1.6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownReal Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consentbefore 5.1.65.1.6Patch availableCNA
Unknownreal-cookie-banner-probefore 5.1.65.1.6Patch availableCNA
  • Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent VendorUnknown Affected before 5.1.6 Fixed in 5.1.6 Patch available CNA
  • real-cookie-banner-pro VendorUnknown Affected before 5.1.6 Fixed in 5.1.6 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:devowl:wordpress_real_cookie_banner:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 5.1.6Vulnerabledevowl
  • cpe:2.3:a:devowl:wordpress_real_cookie_banner:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 5.1.6 Vulnerable ·devowl

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent (Unknown) Fixed in 5.1.6
  • Fix · CNA real-cookie-banner-pro (Unknown) Fixed in 5.1.6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1485
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v8mm-64rg-m2wg

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2022-04120 Real Cookie Banner < 3.4.10 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2022-00368 WordPress Real Cookie Banner < 2.14.2 - Settings Reset via CSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

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