# CVE-2026-12955: Missing authorization in Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent

> Authenticated subscribers can modify cookie scan schedules due to missing capability checks in the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mpv5-gg5q-pvgg

## What is CVE-2026-12955?

CVE-2026-12955 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wplegalpages Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent, published on 10 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12955?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-12955?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12955 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-12955 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12955 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-12955 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-12955 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wplegalpages Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent, published on 10 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12955 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-2026-12955/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12955/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12955
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12955
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-12955

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12955/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.