WordPress Real Cookie Banner: GDPR (DSGVO) & ePrivacy Cookie Consent: Cross-site request forgery
WordPress Real Cookie Banner: GDPR (DSGVO) & ePrivacy Cookie Consent is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.
- Component
- WordPress Real Cookie Banner: GDPR (DSGVO) & ePrivacy Cookie Consent
- Plugin slug
wordpress-real-cookie-banner- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 07, 2022
This CVE was published Mar 07, 2022 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update WordPress Real Cookie Banner: GDPR (DSGVO) & ePrivacy Cookie Consent 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 WordPress Real Cookie Banner: GDPR (DSGVO) & ePrivacy Cookie Consent WordPress plugin before 2.14.2 does not have CSRF checks in place when resetting its settings, allowing attackers to make a logged in admin reset them via a CSRF attack
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N