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Vulnerability in WPLP Cookie Consent – Cookie Banner & Consent Management for GDPR, CCPA & Google Consent Mode — CVE-2026-82970

CriticalSeverity
CVSS 9.8
0.3%Estimated exploit probability
EPSS
10,000+ sitesInstalls
4.4.2Fixed in

What to do now

Update WPLP Cookie Consent – Cookie Banner & Consent Management for GDPR, CCPA & Google Consent Mode to 4.4.2 or later.

Affected versions

  • Everything up to and including 4.4.1

Affected: WPLP Cookie Consent – Cookie Banner & Consent Management for GDPR, CCPA & Google Consent Mode (plugin, gdpr-cookie-consent)

Check: The plugin on wordpress.org / Our record for WPLP Cookie Consent – Cookie Banner & Consent Management for GDPR, CCPA & Google Consent Mode

What the vulnerability is

The WPLP Cookie Consent – Cookie Banner & Consent Management for GDPR, CCPA & Google Consent Mode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.1. This is due to missing file type validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server, which may make remote code execution possible.

This description is reproduced verbatim from the public vulnerability record.

Sources

Part of this record comes from Wordfence Intelligence. Original: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a47660e-67a6-42d4-a7ec-911dcf3e6e47
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