WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2025-49866 Deferred

Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner: Cross-site scripting

Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.

CVE / CNA score 7.1 CVSS 3.1 · audit@patchstack.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner
Plugin slug
beautiful-and-responsive-cookie-consent
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jul 04, 2025
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Jul 04, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Nikel Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner beautiful-and-responsive-cookie-consent allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner: from n/a through <= 4.6.1.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Primary and upstream sources