CVE-2026-12272Lightweight Cookie Notice <= 1.19 - Sensitive Information Exposure via W3TC_DYNAMIC_SECURITY Constant
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The Lightweight Cookie Notice – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.19 This is due to the W3TC_DYNAMIC_SECURITY constant being hardcoded to a publicly known value. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to know the W3 Total Cache mfunc security key, which when W3 Total Cache is installed may allow arbitrary PHP code injection.
- CVSS
- 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-330
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 16, 2026
Affected products
daext Lightweight Cookie Notice – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent daext:lightweight_cookie_notice_cookie_banner_for_cookie_consent (from the name) | through 1.19 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/54e53420-aa89-49d6-9632-cba066c46a51?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3584811/lightweight-cookie-notice-free/trunk/public/class-daextlwcnf-public.php
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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