🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-12272

MEDIUM 5.3

Lightweight Cookie Notice <= 1.19 - Sensitive Information Exposure via W3TC_DYNAMIC_SECURITY Constant

CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Lightweight Cookie Notice – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.19 This is due to the W3TC_DYNAMIC_SECURITY constant being hardcoded to a publicly known value. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to know the W3 Total Cache mfunc security key, which when W3 Total Cache is installed may allow arbitrary PHP code injection.

CWE CWE-330
Vendor daext
Product lightweight cookie notice – cookie banner for cookie consent
Published Oct 16, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

daext / Lightweight Cookie Notice – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent
0 ≤ 1.19

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/54e53420-aa89-49d6-9632-cba066c46a51?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3584811/lightweight-cookie-notice-free/trunk/public/class-daextlwcnf-public.php

Credits

wesley (wcraft)