GDPR Cookie Consent & Compliance Notice <= 1.8.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting and Authorization Bypass

2020-02-11 00:00

Jerome Bruandet

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.8.3

Affected PluginCookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice)

Affected Version<= 1.8.2

CVSS6.4Medium

CVECVE-2020-20633

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Vulnerability Overview

ajax_policy_generator in admin/modules/cli-policy-generator/classes/class-policy-generator-ajax.php in GDPR Cookie Consent (cookie-law-info) 1.8.2 and below plugin for WordPress, allows authenticated stored XSS and privilege escalation.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.8.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-20633 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b2f3c007-6ecc-4003-87ed-352984b9a83c

CVSS Vector

6.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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