---
id: CVE-2025-12136
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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 …
severity: medium
cvss: 6.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-918
published: '2025-10-24'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T11:10:00.250'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12136'
references:
  - url: 'https://infosecstuff.com/SSRF-Real-Cookie-Banner'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: 'https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Server_Side_Request_Forgery'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-cookie-banner/trunk/inc/rest/Scanner.php#L210
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-cookie-banner/trunk/inc/rest/Scanner.php#L223
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-cookie-banner/trunk/inc/rest/Scanner.php#L48
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: 'https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3378727'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7f559d7f-3faf-4549-b529-f4db03dce2dd?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00392
epssPercentile: 0.31197
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T11:31:27.573Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.