Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA: Cross-site scripting
Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA
- Plugin slug
cookie-notice-&-compliance-for-gdpr-/-ccpa- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 27, 2021
This CVE was published Sep 27, 2021 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 does not escape the value of its Button Text setting when outputting it in an attribute in the frontend, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N