What is CVE-2026-18046?

CVE-2026-18046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cookie Consent, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-18046?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Cookie Consent

CVE-2026-18046

The Cookie Consent WordPress plugin before 0.0.10 does not correctly enforce its intended administrator-only capability check on the REST route that stores its geolocation service license key, so the route falls back to an authentication-…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Cookie Consent — versions 0.0.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-18046?: CVE-2026-18046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cookie Consent, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-18046?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.