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vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: eu-cookie-law: CVE-2019-16522: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Oct 16, 2019
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026

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.

Solution

eu-cookie-law-plugin-cve-2019-16522
Title
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