CVE-2021-24569: Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA < 2.1.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-09-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA WordPress plugin before 2.1.2 does not escape the value of its Button Text setting when outputting it in an attribute in the frontend, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected products

Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA: before 2.1.2 — fixed in 2.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA 2.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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