CVE-2023-1069: Complianz - GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent < 6.4.2 - Contributor+ 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: 2023-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Complianz WordPress plugin before 6.4.2, Complianz Premium WordPress plugin before 6.4.2 do not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affected products

Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent: before 6.4.2 — fixed in 6.4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent 6.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/caacc50c-822e-46e9-bc0b-681349fd0dda
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/caacc50c-822e-46e9-bc0b-681349fd0dda

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