Wp Cookie Choice: Cross-site scripting
Wp Cookie Choice 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
- Wp Cookie Choice
- Plugin slug
wp-cookie-choice- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 18, 2021
This CVE was published Oct 18, 2021 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Wp Cookie Choice 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 Wp Cookie Choice WordPress plugin through 1.1.0 is lacking any CSRF check when saving its options, and do not escape them when outputting them in attributes. As a result, an attacker could make a logged in admin change them to arbitrary values including XSS payloads 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