XSS in Humanityco Cookie Notice & Compliance For Gdpr / Ccpa

CVE-2022-3399

The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'cookie_notice_options[refuse_code_head]' parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.4.17.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrative privileges and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the injected /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookie-notice page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (29.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3399?
CVE-2022-3399 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Humanityco Cookie Notice & Compliance For Gdpr / Ccpa, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-3399?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-3399 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.