SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery) in Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent (WordPress plugin) (CVE-2025-12136)
Summary
SSRF in Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent (WordPress plugin) (CVE-2025-12136). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Exploitable via url.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-12136 has been found in Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent (WordPress plugin).
Attackers can target a specific entry point like url over the network to misuse the product.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 6.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent (WordPress plugin) CVE-2025-12136" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-12136 (Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent (WordPress plugin)) — CWE-918 / CVSS v3 6.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Attack surface: url
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
SSRF (CWE-918) exists in Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent (WordPress plugin). Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via url.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent (WordPress plugin). Attack surface: url.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.8/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent (WordPress plugin) を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。