Cookie Warning
Cookie Warning has 2 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; none of them are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 4.3, and the most serious one scores 4.4 out of 10. 2025 was the busiest year with 2 disclosures.
The most common weakness is Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), behind 1 of the records (50%). Other recurring categories include Cross-Site Scripting.
None of the 2 issues recorded for Cookie Warning have a published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2025.
All of these findings were reported by Nabil Irawan. Cookie Warning is installed on roughly 700 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 3.6.1.
CVE-2025-49428Cookie Warning <= 1.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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Cookie Warning
Author
Dourou
To comply with the May 2011 EU cookie law whose enforcement will start in May 2012 for UK website owners, this plugin welcomes your first time visitors with a custom message asking for their consent using cookies on your website and redirects them out of your site if they disagree. It is a solution that strictly complies with the law. You can customize the message displayed as well as the text of the ‘I agree’ button and of the ‘I disagree’ link. This plugin was written with the EU cookie law in mind but can be used for any terms and conditions you need your visitors to approve before viewing your site. User guide To customize the message displayed Go to Settings > Cookie Warning. On that page, you will be able to change: the message displayed, the redirect link – when visitors do not accept the cookies, the wording of the ‘Accept’ button and ‘Do not accept’ link.
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