CVE-2021-24590: Cookie Notice & Consent Banner for GDPR & CCPA Compliance < 1.7.2 - Authenticated Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: 2021-09-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Cookie Notice & Consent Banner for GDPR & CCPA Compliance WordPress plugin before 1.7.2 does not properly sanitize inputs to prevent injection of arbitrary HTML within the plugin's design customization options.

Affected products

Cookie Notice & Consent Banner for GDPR & CCPA Compliance: before 1.7.2 — fixed in 1.7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cookie Notice & Consent Banner for GDPR & CCPA Compliance 1.7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d6846774-1958-4c8d-bb64-af0d8c46e6e7
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d6846774-1958-4c8d-bb64-af0d8c46e6e7

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