WordPress cookieBAR plugin <= 1.7.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2025-05-19 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-28015

cvss: 5.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in tox82 cookieBAR cookiebar allows Stored XSS.This issue affects cookieBAR: from n/a through <= 1.7.0.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

tox82 cookieBAR 1.10.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 17 mo ago (2025-05-20)

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

tox82 cookieBAR

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/cookiebar/vulnerability/wordpress-cookiebar-plugin-1-7-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-v
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-43834
NVD CVE-2025-43834

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Summary