Findings

CVE-2026-2389

The Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.4.2.

Published Mar 26, 2026 · updated Jun 17, 2026

The Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.4.2. This is due to the function replacing HTML entities with literal double-quote characters ( ) in post content without subsequent sanitization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the injected page. The Classic Editor plugin is required to be installed and activated in order to exploit this vulnerability.

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  1. Mar 26, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    The Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.4.2. This is due to the function replacing HTML entities with literal double-quote characters ( ) in post content without subsequent sanitization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject a

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    The Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.4.2. This is due to the function replacing HTML entities with literal double-quote characters ( ) in post content without subsequent sanitization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject a

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-2389

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-2389

    The Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.4.2. This is due to the function replacing HTML entities with literal double-quote characters (`

    nvd.nist.gov

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