What is CVE-2021-24569?

CVE-2021-24569 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hu-Manity Cookie Notice \& Compliance For Gdpr \/ Ccpa, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2021-24569?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24569 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Hu-Manity Cookie Notice \& Compliance For Gdpr \/ Ccpa

CVE-2021-24569

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Hu-manity Cookie_notice_\&_compliance_for_gdpr_\/_ccpa
Unknown Cookie Notice & Compliance For Gdpr / Ccpa — versions 2.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24569?: CVE-2021-24569 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hu-Manity Cookie Notice \& Compliance For Gdpr \/ Ccpa, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2021-24569?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24569 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.