vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: cookie-bar: CVE-2021-24653: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Sep 22, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 22, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The Cookie Bar WordPress plugin through 1.8.8 doesn't properly sanitise the Cookie Bar Message setting, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Solution
cookie-bar-plugin-cve-2021-24653
References
Rapid7 Labs
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