Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent: Cross-site scripting

Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent is affected by cross-site scripting. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.

CVE / CNA score 6.4 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com

NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.

Component: Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent
Plugin slug: complianz-gdpr
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Feb 18, 2026
Weakness: CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Feb 18, 2026 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Source record

Technical description

The Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's cmplz-accept-link shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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

References

Patch or disable the affected component.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources