CVE-2025-11754 Missing authorization in Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent
Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve sensitive plugin settings, including API tokens and email addresses, via a REST API endpoint lacking capability checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-11754?
CVE-2025-11754 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wplegalpages Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent, published on 19 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The GDPR Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'gdpr/v1/settings' REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve sensitive plugin settings including API tokens, email addresses, account IDs, and site keys.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11754?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11754?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11754 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-11754 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11754 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x7xv-7m65-qgq2.