--- title: "WPConsent - Stored Cross-Site Scripting" description: "WPConsent – Cookie Banner & Cookie Consent for Privacy Compliance (GDPR / CCPA / EU Compliance Cookie Notice) plugin for WordPress <= 1.1.9 contains a stored XSS caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in comment content, letting unauthenticated attackers inject scripts executed on user page access, exploit requires Script Blocking feature enabled and coordinated comment submission." url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-97640/ --- # CVE-2026-97640 WPConsent - Stored Cross-Site Scripting WPConsent – Cookie Banner & Cookie Consent for Privacy Compliance (GDPR / CCPA / EU Compliance Cookie Notice) plugin for WordPress <= 1.1.9 contains a stored XSS caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in comment content, letting unauthenticated attackers inject scripts executed on user page access, exploit requires Script Blocking feature enabled and coordinated comment submission. CVSS base score 7.2 /10 High CISA KEV Not listed Public exploit None known Authentication Not required [View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97640) ## Details Type Stored Xss Impact Stored Xss, Client Script Exec CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Published 16 October 2026 Updated 16 October 2026 Weakness [CWE-79](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html) ## Vendor fix Update to the latest version beyond 1.1.9. Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them. ## References - [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97640](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97640) - [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite/tags/1.1.9/lib/simplehtmldom/class-wpconsent-simple-html-dom.php#L466](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite/tags/1.1.9/lib/simplehtmldom/class-wpconsent-simple-html-dom.php#L466) - [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3734401/wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite/trunk/lib/simplehtmldom/class-wpconsent-simple-html-dom.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3734401/wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite/trunk/lib/simplehtmldom/class-wpconsent-simple-html-dom.php) - [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3734409%40wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite&old=3676065%40wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3734409%40wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite&old=3676065%40wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite) - [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e92b4189-bd07-4d29-8fe1-e9de60107e70?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e92b4189-bd07-4d29-8fe1-e9de60107e70?source=cve) - [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite/tags/1.1.9/includes/class-wpconsent-cookie-blocking.php#L107](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite/tags/1.1.9/includes/class-wpconsent-cookie-blocking.php#L107) - [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite/tags/1.1.9/includes/class-wpconsent-cookie-blocking.php#L222](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite/tags/1.1.9/includes/class-wpconsent-cookie-blocking.php#L222) - [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite/tags/1.1.9/lib/simplehtmldom/class-wpconsent-simple-html-dom.php#L2135](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite/tags/1.1.9/lib/simplehtmldom/class-wpconsent-simple-html-dom.php#L2135) - [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite/tags/1.1.9/lib/simplehtmldom/class-wpconsent-simple-html-dom.php#L2236](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpconsent-cookies-banner-privacy-suite/tags/1.1.9/lib/simplehtmldom/class-wpconsent-simple-html-dom.php#L2236) [← All CVEs](https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/) ## What this record can't tell you - Whether you run the affected software, and where - Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it - The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number - What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first Panop answers these inside your environment, for this CVE and every other finding. [Book a demo](https://panop.io/demo)