CVE-2025-10496
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-10-09
Last updated on: 2025-10-09
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | cookie_notice_and_consent | 1.6.5 |
| wordpress | cookie_notice_and_consent | 1.6.6 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-80 | The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the Cookie Notice & Consent plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.6.5. It occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape the 'uuid' parameter, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute when users visit the affected pages.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of users visiting the affected website. This can lead to theft of user data, session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions without requiring authentication.