CVE-2019-16522

EU Cookie Law <= 3.1.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

5.5

CVSS Score

5.5

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

3.1.3

Patched in

1560d

Time to patch

Description

The eu-cookie-law plugin through 3.0.6 for WordPress (aka EU Cookie Law (GDPR)) is susceptible to Stored XSS due to improper encoding of several configuration options in the admin area and the displayed cookie consent message. This affects Font Color, Background Color, and the Disable Cookie text. An attacker with high privileges can attack other users.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<3.1.3

PublishedOctober 16, 2019

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected plugineu-cookie-law

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5e7cde2e-28e6-417a-900a-38d0a77800d3?source=api-prod

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