CVE-2025-14061
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in the WP Cookie Consent WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete any posts, pages, attachments, or other post types by ID. All WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of this plugin are affected, potentially leading to content destruction and website disruption.
💻 Affected Systems
- WP Cookie Consent (GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy) WordPress plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete website content destruction including critical pages, posts, media files, and custom post types, leading to significant business disruption and data loss.
Likely Case
Selective deletion of important content like homepage, contact pages, or product listings, causing operational impact and requiring restoration from backups.
If Mitigated
No impact if plugin is patched or disabled, or if proper web application firewalls block the exploit attempts.
🎯 Exploit Status
Simple HTTP request to vulnerable endpoint with post ID parameter can trigger deletion.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 4.0.8 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://wordpress.org/plugins/gdpr-cookie-consent/#developers
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'GDPR Cookie Consent' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If no update shows, download version 4.0.8+ from WordPress.org and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the WP Cookie Consent plugin until patched
Web Application Firewall rule
allBlock requests to the vulnerable gdpr_delete_policy_data function endpoint
Block POST requests containing 'gdpr_delete_policy_data' in URL or parameters
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict web application firewall rules to block exploitation attempts
- Enable comprehensive logging and monitoring for deletion attempts on WordPress content
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins → GDPR Cookie Consent version. If version is 4.0.7 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name='gdpr-cookie-consent' --field=version (WP-CLI) or check WordPress admin interfaceVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify plugin version shows 4.0.8 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action=gdpr_delete_policy_data
- Unexpected post/page deletions in WordPress logs
- 404 errors for previously existing content
Network Indicators:
- POST requests with gdpr_delete_policy_data parameter
- Unusual deletion patterns from unauthenticated IPs
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "gdpr_delete_policy_data" OR "action=gdpr_delete_policy_data"🔗 References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gdpr-cookie-consent/tags/4.0.6/admin/class-gdpr-cookie-consent-admin.php#L8091
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gdpr-cookie-consent/tags/4.0.6/admin/class-gdpr-cookie-consent-admin.php#L8878
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/866b4ca8-563f-4a19-bbf7-79a79f07d53d?source=cve
