The Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Elementor Cookie Blocker Regex in all versions up to, and including, 7.5.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Successful exploitation requires an administrator to approve the attacker's comment, and the site must have both the Elementor plugin installed and Complianz configured with the Twitter or Facebook cookie/script blocker enabled.
Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner <= 7.5.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Elementor Cookie Blocker Regex
Problem type
Affected products
complianz
<= 7.5.4 - AFFECTED
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c53da813-0376-4c61-bfe0-fd8a2c946937?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/complianz-gdpr/tags/7.5.3.1/integrations/plugins/elementor.php#L213
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/complianz-gdpr/tags/7.5.3.1/integrations/plugins/elementor.php#L206
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/complianz-gdpr/tags/7.5.3.1/integrations/plugins/elementor.php#L188
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/complianz-gdpr/tags/7.5.3.1/class-cookie-blocker.php#L828
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/complianz-gdpr/tags/7.5.3.1/class-cookie-blocker.php#L458
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/complianz-gdpr/tags/7.5.3.1/functions.php#L1232
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3686656%40complianz-gdpr%2Ftags%2F7.5.5&old=3674116%40complianz-gdpr%2Ftags%2F7.5.4
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3686618/complianz-gdpr/trunk/integrations/plugins/elementor.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3686656%40complianz-gdpr%2Ftrunk&old=3674116%40complianz-gdpr%2Ftrunk
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-99qh-wmgh-87j4
The Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-99qh-wmgh-87j4The Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Elementor Cookie Blocker Regex in all versions up to, and including, 7.5.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Successful exploitation requires an administrator to approve the attacker's comment, and the site must have both the Elementor plugin installed and Complianz configured with the Twitter or Facebook cookie/script blocker enabled.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83561
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/complianz-gdpr/tags/7.5.3.1/class-cookie-blocker.php#L458
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/complianz-gdpr/tags/7.5.3.1/class-cookie-blocker.php#L828
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/complianz-gdpr/tags/7.5.3.1/functions.php#L1232
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/complianz-gdpr/tags/7.5.3.1/integrations/plugins/elementor.php#L188
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/complianz-gdpr/tags/7.5.3.1/integrations/plugins/elementor.php#L206
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/complianz-gdpr/tags/7.5.3.1/integrations/plugins/elementor.php#L213
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3686618/complianz-gdpr/trunk/integrations/plugins/elementor.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3686656%40complianz-gdpr%2Ftags%2F7.5.5&old=3674116%40complianz-gdpr%2Ftags%2F7.5.4
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3686656%40complianz-gdpr%2Ftrunk&old=3674116%40complianz-gdpr%2Ftrunk
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c53da813-0376-4c61-bfe0-fd8a2c946937?source=cve
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-99qh-wmgh-87j4
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-83561Click to expand
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