CVE-2025-12136: Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent (WordPress plugin) · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Affects Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.8 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 33% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Oct 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| devowl Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until an official fix is released, restrict administrator-level access to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity related to the '/scanner/scan-without-login' endpoint. Avoid exposing this endpoint unnecessarily. Follow vendor communications for updates on patches or official mitigations.
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.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7f559d7f-3faf-4549-b529-f4db03dce2dd?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- infosecstuff.com/SSRF-Real-Cookie-Banner (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-cookie-banner/trunk/inc/rest/Scanner.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-cookie-banner/trunk/inc/rest/Scanner.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-cookie-banner/trunk/inc/rest/Scanner.php (opens in a new tab)
- owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Server_Side_Request_Forgery (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3378727 (opens in a new tab)