CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-14061

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

17th percentile - higher than 17% of all known CVEs

Summary

The WP Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress (all versions up to 4.0.7) is vulnerable to unauthorized data modification due to a missing capability check on the gdpr_delete_policy_data function. Unauthenticated attackers can permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, attachments, and other post types by ID.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can delete critical content from the site, potentially leading to data loss, disruption of website functionality, and loss of user trust.

Recommendation

Immediately update the plugin to the latest available version that includes the security fix.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Consent Log, Cookie Scanner, Script Blocker (for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy) : WP Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data modification due to a missing capability check on the gdpr_delete_policy_data function in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, attachments, and other post types by ID.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS