CVE-2026-18046 Cookie Consent < 0.0.10 - Subscriber+ MaxMind License Key Update
Authenticated users can overwrite the geolocation license key due to missing authorization checks, disrupting consent banner targeting.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-18046?
CVE-2026-18046 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Cookie Consent, published on 12 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Cookie Consent WordPress plugin before 0.0.10 does not correctly enforce its intended administrator-only capability check on the REST route that stores its geolocation service license key, so the route falls back to an authentication-only gate, allowing any authenticated user such as a subscriber to overwrite the stored key and disrupt the Cookie Consent WordPress plugin before 0.0.10's geolocation-based consent banner targeting.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-18046?
How do I fix CVE-2026-18046?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-18046 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-2026-18046 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18046 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xcj8-382p-cc46.