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CVE-2026-82970 (GCVE-0-2026-82970)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-31 14:43 – Updated: 2026-08-31 18:51 X_Open Source

Title

WordPress WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent plugin <= 4.4.1 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability

Summary

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in WP Legal Pages WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent allows Using Malicious Files. This issue affects WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent: from n/a through 4.4.1.

Severity

10 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-31 15:23 UTC

CWE

CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Assigner

Patchstack mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/…	vdb-entry

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
WP Legal Pages	WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent	Affected: n/a , ≤ 4.4.1 (custom)	guessed

Credits

Jiemook | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

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FKIE_CVE-2026-82970

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-31 15:18 - Updated: 2026-08-31 19:17

Severity

10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	audit@patchstack.com	https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/gdpr-cookie-consent/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-cookie-notice-for-gdpr-ccpa-eprivacy-consent-plugin-4-4-1-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-835R-3GVV-R7JG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-31 15:34 – Updated: 2026-08-31 15:34

Details

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in WP Legal Pages WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent allows Using Malicious Files.

This issue affects WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent: from n/a through 4.4.1.

Severity

10.0 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.

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CVE-2026-82970 (GCVE-0-2026-82970)

FKIE_CVE-2026-82970

GHSA-835R-3GVV-R7JG

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