# CVE-2025-14061: Missing authorization in Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent

> Unauthenticated attackers can permanently delete arbitrary posts and pages due to a missing capability check in the WP Cookie Consent plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fx5r-62fp-4mqw

## What is CVE-2025-14061?

CVE-2025-14061 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wplegalpages Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent, published on 17 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Consent Log, Cookie Scanner, Script Blocker (for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy) : WP Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data modification due to a missing capability check on the gdpr_delete_policy_data function in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, attachments, and other post types by ID.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14061?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-14061?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14061 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14061 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14061 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14061 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wplegalpages Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent, published on 17 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wplegalpages Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14061/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14061/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14061
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14061
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14061

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14061/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.