CVE-2025-49866

WordPress Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner plugin <= 4.6.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

7.1 High

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Nikel Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner beautiful-and-responsive-cookie-consent allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner: from n/a through <= 4.6.1.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.21%Up 0.2 points since Jul 4, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.1

WordPress Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner plugin <= 4.6.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-49866
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-19989 7.1

Record: EUVD-2025-19989
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vj86-w525-f5xg 7.1

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Nikel Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner: from n/a through 4.6.1.

Record: GHSA-vj86-w525-f5xg
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.1

Record: CVE-2025-49866
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

nikel beautiful cookie consent banner

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-49866 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Nikel Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner, published July 4, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.