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High 7.1Published Oct 6, 2026
CVE-2026-42636WordPress WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent plugin <= 4.4.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Updated under an hour ago ()
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It affects WP Legal Pages WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, higher than 15% of scored CVEs.
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Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent <= 4.4.6 versions.
- CVSS
- 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.25% (percentile 15)
- Assigned by
- Patchstack
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
WP Legal Pages WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent wp_legal_pages:wp_cookie_notice_for_gdpr_ccpa_and_eprivacy_consent (from the name) | from n/a through 4.4.6 | CNA record |
References
- https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/gdpr-cookie-consent/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-cookie-notice-for-gdpr-ccpa-eprivacy-consent-plugin-4-4-6-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry
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