Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent: A security weakness
Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The published affected range is <= 4.3.6.
- Component
- Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent
- Plugin slug
gdpr-cookie-consent- Affected
- <= 4.3.6
- Safe version
> 4.3.6- Published
- Jul 10, 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jul 10, 2026 and is one of 15 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent to a release after 4.3.6, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
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
The GDPR Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check and missing nonce verification on the gdpr_cookie_consent_ajax_save_schedule_scan() function (the wp_ajax_gcc_save_schedule_scan AJAX action) in versions up to, and including, 4.3.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify the plugin's cookie scan schedule configuration stored in the gdpr_scan_schedule_data option, which is an administrative function intended to be limited to users with the manage_options capability.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N