Description
The Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.4. This is due to insufficient validation on the user-supplied URL in the '/scanner/scan-without-login' REST API endpoint. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services via the `url` parameter.
References7
- infosecstuff.com/SSRF-Real-Cookie-Banner
- owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Server_Side_Request_Forgery
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-cookie-banner/trunk/inc…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-cookie-banner/trunk/inc…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-cookie-banner/trunk/inc…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3378727
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7f559d7f-3faf…
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.8
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 34 · as of 10 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-918
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