What is CVE-2023-6498?

CVE-2023-6498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Complianz – Gdpr/ccpa Cookie Consent, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-01-04.

How severe is CVE-2023-6498?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-6498 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Complianz – Gdpr/ccpa Cookie Consent

CVE-2023-6498

The Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to and including 6.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (25.0th 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

Complianz – Gdpr/ccpa Cookie Consent — versions 0
Really-simple-plugins Complianz

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6498?: CVE-2023-6498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Complianz – Gdpr/ccpa Cookie Consent, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-01-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-6498?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-6498 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.