Vulnerability in Devowl WordPress Real Cookie Banner
CVE-2022-4507
The Real Cookie Banner WordPress plugin before 3.4.10 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged-in admins.
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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: 0.005 (43.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Devowl WordPress Real Cookie Banner
- Real Cookie Banner: Gdpr (Dsgvo) & Eprivacy Consent — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/93c61a70-5624-4c4d-ac3a-c598aec4f8b6 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-4507?
- CVE-2022-4507 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Devowl WordPress Real Cookie Banner, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-16.
- How severe is CVE-2022-4507?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-4507 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.