VulnerabilityPublished 13 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-48915: Drupal COOKiES Consent Management · Cross-site Scripting

Affects Drupal COOKiES Consent ManagementSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

Severity

High

Rated High by the CNA (drupal) · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 25% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 13 Jun 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 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Drupal COOKiES Consent Management	Affected =0.0.0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Immediate upgrade to Drupal COOKiES Consent Management version 1.2.15 or later once available, as this will contain the official patch addressing the input sanitization flaw.
In the interim, implement strict Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict script execution and mitigate the impact of injected scripts.
Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block typical XSS payloads targeting the consent management module.
Conduct thorough input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied data related to cookie consent interfaces, ensuring that any dynamic content is properly escaped.
Monitor web server and application logs for unusual request patterns indicative of XSS exploitation attempts.
Educate web administrators and developers on secure coding practices specific to input handling in consent management contexts.
Regularly audit and test the consent management module using automated scanning tools and manual penetration testing to detect residual or new vulnerabilities.
Consider temporarily disabling or restricting access to the vulnerable module if patching is delayed and risk is deemed high.

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Drupal COOKiES Consent Management allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects COOKiES Consent Management: from 0.0.0 before 1.2.15.

Impact

For European organizations, the impact of this XSS vulnerability can be substantial. Many European entities rely on Drupal-based websites to manage user consent for cookies, especially under stringent regulations like the GDPR. Exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive user data, session hijacking, and manipulation of consent preferences, undermining both user privacy and regulatory compliance. This could result in reputational damage, legal penalties, and loss of customer trust. Additionally, attackers could leverage this vulnerability as a foothold to deliver further attacks such as phishing or malware distribution. The vulnerability's presence in a consent management module is particularly critical because it directly interacts with user privacy controls, increasing the risk of data leakage or manipulation. Given the lack of authentication requirements, attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely and at scale, potentially affecting a large number of users and systems across Europe.

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #1OWASP Top 10 A05:2025: Injection (opens in a new tab)
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Implementation · Architecture and Design
Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages.
Architecture and Design · Implementation · Attack Surface Reduction
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V5.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch (opens in a new tab)
DOM-Based XSS (opens in a new tab)
Reflected XSS (opens in a new tab)
Stored XSS (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

drupal.org/sa-contrib-2025-076 (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 13 Jun 2025, 16:06 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-79

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