CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-12272

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Lightweight Cookie Notice – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress in versions up to and including 1.19 is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure. The W3TC_DYNAMIC_SECURITY constant is hardcoded to a publicly known value, allowing unauthenticated attackers to learn the W3 Total Cache mfunc security key.

Risk Assessment

Knowledge of the W3 Total Cache security key may allow arbitrary PHP code injection if W3 Total Cache is installed. This could lead to full site compromise.

Recommendation

Update the plugin to a version later than 1.19 and consider rotating the W3 Total Cache security key or disabling it if not used.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Lightweight Cookie Notice – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.19 This is due to the W3TC_DYNAMIC_SECURITY constant being hardcoded to a publicly known value. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to know the W3 Total Cache mfunc security key, which when W3 Total Cache is installed may allow arbitrary PHP code injection.

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