What is CVE-2024-4869?

CVE-2024-4869 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wpeka Wp Cookie Consent, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2024-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2024-4869?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-4869 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wpeka Wp Cookie Consent

CVE-2024-4869

The WP Cookie Consent ( for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy ) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘Client-IP’ header in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (30.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Wpeka Wp_cookie_consent
Wplegalpages Cookie Banner For Gdpr / Ccpa – Wplp Consent — versions 0

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 (Product)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-4869?: CVE-2024-4869 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wpeka Wp Cookie Consent, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2024-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-4869?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-4869 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.