CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-16522
4.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-10-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
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.
Affected configurations
• eu cookie law project eu cookie law (<= 3.0.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-01_WordPress_Plugin_EU_Cookie_Law Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/eu-cookie-law/#developers Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9918 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-01_WordPress_Plugin_EU_Cookie_Law Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/eu-cookie-law/#developers Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9918 Third Party Advisory