{"cve":"CVE-2026-12955","nvd":{"published":"2026-07-10T09:16:52.987","modified":"2026-07-10T17:16:53.490","status":"Deferred","description":"The GDPR Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check and missing nonce verification on the gdpr_cookie_consent_ajax_save_schedule_scan() function (the wp_ajax_gcc_save_schedule_scan AJAX action) in versions up to, and including, 4.3.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify the plugin's cookie scan schedule configuration stored in the gdpr_scan_schedule_data option, which is an administrative function intended to be limited to users with the manage_options capability.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","score":4.3},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"references":["https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gdpr-cookie-consent/tags/4.3.5/admin/class-gdpr-cookie-consent-admin.php#L8132","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gdpr-cookie-consent/tags/4.3.5/admin/class-gdpr-cookie-consent-admin.php#L8139","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gdpr-cookie-consent/tags/4.3.5/includes/class-gdpr-cookie-consent.php#L251","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3601475/gdpr-cookie-consent/tags/4.3.7/admin/class-gdpr-cookie-consent-admin.php","https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ddee10e0-093c-47a3-8aa9-946d6d21e1b2?source=cve"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:44:02.134301115+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-12955","score":0.00336,"percentile":0.27039,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}