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)

EPSS: 0.002 (11.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • contact@wpscan.com (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.