What is CVE-2020-20633?

CVE-2020-20633 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cookielawinfo Gdpr Cookie Consent, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-20633?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-20633 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Cookielawinfo Gdpr Cookie Consent

CVE-2020-20633

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-08-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cookielawinfo Gdpr Cookie Consent

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-gdpr-cookie-consent-plugin-fixed-vulnerability/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-20633?: CVE-2020-20633 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cookielawinfo Gdpr Cookie Consent, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-20633?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-20633 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.