CVE-2025-66133
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in WP Legal Pages WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent gdpr-cookie-consent allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent: from n/a through <= 4.0.7.
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 confidenceMissing authorization vulnerability in the WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated or unauthorized users to access functionality that should be restricted due to incorrectly configured access control security levels.
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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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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Verify gdpr-cookie-consent plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugins directory or admin panel for the presence of the 'GDPR Cookie Consent' or 'gdpr-cookie-consent' pluginAffected if Plugin is installed and active
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Identify installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin file (usually gdpr-cookie-consent.php) and locate the version in the plugin header comment, or view the plugin in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed PluginsAffected if Version is within or unknown relative to the affected range (compare to published vulnerability advisory)
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Test admin functionality access without authenticationAttempt to access plugin admin pages or actions (such as settings pages, cookie configuration endpoints, or AJAX actions) without logging in or without administrator capabilitiesAffected if Sensitive admin functions load or respond without requiring login or proper user capabilities
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Verify capability checks exist in plugin codeInspect the plugin source code for add_action or add_filter calls on admin_init, init, or wp_ajax hooks and verify that current_user_can() or nonce validation is properly implemented before sensitive operationsAffected if No capability checks or weak checks (such as only checking user login without verifying user role) are found before sensitive operations
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Check for unauthenticated AJAX endpointsReview plugin for wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks or REST API endpoints that handle sensitive data (settings, cookie configuration, consent data export) and test if they execute without authenticationAffected if AJAX or REST endpoints accessible to unauthenticated users exist and perform sensitive operations
User is affected if the gdpr-cookie-consent plugin is installed, the version falls within the vulnerable range, and admin functionality or sensitive actions are accessible without proper authentication or capability verification.
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 the latest version of the gdpr-cookie-consent plugin once a patch is released, or implement proper capability checks and nonce validation on sensitive admin actions.
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- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-66133 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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- Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
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