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CVE-2019-16522

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

• EU Cookie Law for GDPR/CCPA: through 3.0.6

References

• https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-01_WordPress_Plugin_EU_Cookie_Law
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/eu-cookie-law/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9918
• https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2019/SBA-ADV-20190913-01_WordPress_Plugin_EU_Cookie_Law
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/eu-cookie-law/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9918

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