CVE-2025-1485

Real Cookie Banner < 5.1.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Published Jun 2, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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).

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-16608 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).
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0003}

epss

{'score': 0.0004}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Devowl
Devowl wordpress Real Cookie Banner
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:devowl:wordpress_real_cookie_banner:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Devowl
Devowl wordpress Real Cookie Banner
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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).
Title Real Cookie Banner < 5.1.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Jun 2, 2025, 3:46 PM
Reserved
Feb 19, 2025, 9:44 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 2, 2025, 6:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:39 AM