CVE-2021-24569

low-risk
Published 2021-09-27

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.28% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.8/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Cookie Notice \& Compliance For Gdpr \/ Ccpa

Affected Vendors

Hu-Manity

References (2)

Exploit https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/38053e05-4b17-4fa9-acd3-85d8529b202b
Exploit https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/38053e05-4b17-4fa9-acd3-85d8529b202b
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 19/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal