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SBA Security Advisory – WordPress Plugin – EU Cookie Law (GDPR) – Stored XSS (CVE-2019-16522)

Vulnerability Overview

The eu-cookie-law plugin through 3.0.6 for WordPress (aka EU Cookie Law (GDPR)) is susceptible to Stored XSS due to improper encoding of several configuration options in the admin area and the displayed cookie consent message. This affects Font Color, Background Color, and the Disable Cookie text. An attacker with high privileges can attack other users.

• Type of Vulnerability: Cross-site Scripting
• CVE ID: CVE-2019-16522
• CVSSv3 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
• CVSSv3 Base Score: 3.5 (Low)

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Credits

• Tobias Fink (SBA Research)