What is CVE-2024-9072?

CVE-2024-9072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gdpr-Extensions Consent Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-9072?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-9072 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Gdpr-Extensions Consent Manager

CVE-2024-9072

The GDPR-Extensions-com – Consent Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (23.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gdpr-extensions Consent_manager
Gdprextensionscom Gdpr-extensions-com – Consent Manager — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9072?: CVE-2024-9072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gdpr-Extensions Consent Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-9072?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9072 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.