Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent Plugin REST API Endpoint scan-without-login server-side request forgery

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A vulnerability was found in Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent Plugin up to 5.2.4 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file /scanner/scan-without-login of the component REST API Endpoint. This manipulation causes server-side request forgery. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-12136. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent Plugin up to 5.2.4 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file /scanner/scan-without-login of the component REST API Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-12136. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/24/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent Plugin

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• 5.2.0
• 5.2.1
• 5.2.2
• 5.2.3
• 5.2.4

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