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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-1620
CVE-2025-1620:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The GDPR Cookie Compliance WordPress plugin before version 4.15.7 contains a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-1620. The vulnerability was discovered on February 23, 2025, affecting the plugin's settings functionality (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from improper sanitization and escaping of certain plugin settings. This security flaw exists even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, such as in multisite setups. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows high-privilege users such as administrators to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. When exploited, it could enable attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code that executes in other users' browsers when they access affected pages (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 4.15.7 of the GDPR Cookie Compliance plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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