CVE-2025-53316
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Shahjahan Jewel WP GDPR Cookie Consent wp-gdpr-cookie-consent allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP GDPR Cookie Consent: from n/a through <= 1.0.0.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA CSRF vulnerability in the WP GDPR Cookie Consent plugin (version <= 1.0.0) allows attackers to inject malicious scripts through crafted requests, resulting in stored XSS. An attacker can trick an authenticated administrator into clicking a malicious link, causing the XSS payload to be stored in the plugin's cookie consent settings and executed when viewed by other users.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the WP GDPR Cookie Consent plugin installationCheck your WordPress wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'wp-gdpr-cookie-consent' or similar variant (e.g., 'gdpr-cookie-consent', 'cookie-consent-gdpr').Affected if The plugin folder is present in the plugins directory.
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Determine the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin PHP file (usually wp-gdpr-cookie-consent.php) and locate the version string in the plugin header comment at the top of the file. Compare this version to 1.0.0.Affected if The version listed is 1.0.0 or lower.
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Check if the plugin is activeIn the WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and verify whether WP GDPR Cookie Consent (or variant name) shows as 'Active'. Alternatively, query the wp_options table for the active_plugins option.Affected if The plugin appears as Active or is listed in the active_plugins option in the database.
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Inspect cookie consent settings for suspicious contentNavigate to the plugin's settings page (usually under Settings > GDPR Cookie Consent or similar) and examine fields such as 'Cookie Message', 'Privacy Policy Link', or any text input fields that store user-provided content. Look for unexpected script tags, iframe elements, or encoded JavaScript payloads.Affected if Unexpected HTML, script tags, or encoded payloads are present in the cookie consent configuration fields.
You are affected if the WP GDPR Cookie Consent plugin is installed, active, and running version 1.0.0 or lower.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to a patched version if available; otherwise disable the plugin or implement a WAF rule to block CSRF attacks on the affected endpoints until the vendor releases a fix.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-53316 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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