XSS in Devowl WordPress Real Cookie Banner
CVE-2025-1485
The Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent WordPress plugin before 5.1.6, real-cookie-banner-pro WordPress plugin before 5.1.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (14.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Devowl WordPress Real Cookie Banner
- Real Cookie Banner: Gdpr & Eprivacy Consent — versions 0
- Real-Cookie-Banner-Pro — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/0158eb67-cd36-4406-bf70-6f2be849ec52/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-1485?
- CVE-2025-1485 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Devowl WordPress Real Cookie Banner, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-06-02.
- How severe is CVE-2025-1485?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.