WordPress Real Cookie Banner < 2.14.2 - Settings Reset via CSRF

published 2022-03-07 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-15584

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits: 0; none known

The WordPress Real Cookie Banner: GDPR (DSGVO) & ePrivacy Cookie Consent WordPress plugin before 2.14.2 does not have CSRF checks in place when resetting its settings, allowing attackers to make a logged in admin reset them via a CSRF attack

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

devowl wordpress_real_cookie_banner 2.14.2

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d9f28255-0026-4c42-9e67-d17b618c2285 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Unknown WordPress Real Cookie Banner: GDPR (DSGVO) & ePrivacy Cookie Consent

Classification

Weakness

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/d9f28255-0026-4c42-9e67-d17b618c2285
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-0445
NVD CVE-2022-0445

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Summary