What is CVE-2025-10496?

CVE-2025-10496 is a high-severity vulnerability in Christophrado Cookie Notice & Consent, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-10-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-10496?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-10496 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Christophrado Cookie Notice & Consent

CVE-2025-10496

The Cookie Notice & Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the uuid parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

EPSS: 0.003 (20.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Christophrado Cookie Notice & Consent — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-80 — Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-10496?: CVE-2025-10496 is a high-severity vulnerability in Christophrado Cookie Notice & Consent, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-10-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-10496?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-10496 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.