CVE-2026-82970

CRITICALPre-NVD 10.010.0—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 10.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-31. a secondary CVSS source baseline 10.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
10.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 10.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
10.0
EG Score
10.0(high)
EG Risk
60(Track)
EG Risk 60/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity100% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
22%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 31, 2026

Last Modified

September 1, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 15, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Arbitrary File Upload in WordPress WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent Plugin - Patchstack

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

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-82970(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 51× in last 7d / 146× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 146 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-20 12:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-20 08:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-20 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-19 23:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-19 19:21 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-19 19:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-19 14:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-19 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-19 06:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-19 02:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-18 22:05 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-18 22:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-18 17:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-18 13:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-18 09:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-18 05:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-18 01:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-17 20:47 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-17 20:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-17 15:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-17 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-17 07:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-17 03:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-16 22:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
Show 75 more
  1. 2026-09-16 18:45 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-16 18:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-16 14:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-16 09:08 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-16 09:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-16 04:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-16 00:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-15 20:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-15 15:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-15 11:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-15 07:22 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-15 07:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-15 03:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-14 22:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-14 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-14 13:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-14 09:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-14 05:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-14 01:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-13 20:51 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-13 20:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-13 16:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-13 12:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-13 08:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-13 04:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-12 23:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-12 19:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-12 15:21 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-09-12 15:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-12 11:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-12 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-12 02:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-11 22:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-11 17:54 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-11 17:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-09-11 13:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-11 09:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-11 05:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-11 01:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-10 20:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-10 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-10 12:23 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-09-10 12:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-09-10 08:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-10 03:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-09 23:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-09-09 16:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-09-09 12:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-09 07:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-09-09 03:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-08 23:29 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-09-08 23:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-09-08 12:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-09-08 07:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-08 03:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-09-07 23:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-09-07 19:17 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-09-07 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-09-07 15:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-09-07 10:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-09-07 06:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-09-07 02:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-09-06 22:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-09-06 17:58 UTCEG score recompute
  72. 2026-09-06 17:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-09-06 13:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-06 09:32 UTCGHSA enrichment

Related CVEs(same CWE)

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-82970?
CVE-2026-82970 is a critical vulnerability published on August 31, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-82970 disclosed?
CVE-2026-82970 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 31, 2026, with the most recent update on September 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-82970 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-82970 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 78.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-82970?
CVE-2026-82970 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-82970?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-82970, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

Dependency Blast Radius

Explore the affected products and dependency analysis for CVE-2026-82970

Explore →

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2026-82970?

EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.

Start Free Scan →Browse All CVEs