CVE-2023-6498

CVSS 3.1 Score 4.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Jan 4, 2024
Updated: Jan 10, 2024
CWE ID 79

Summary

CVE-2023-6498 is a vulnerability in the Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 6.5.5. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages via the plugin's admin settings, leading to stored cross-site scripting (XSS). The vulnerability only impacts multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled. To remediate this vulnerability, users should update to a version of the plugin that includes a fix for the issue. The potential danger posed by this vulnerability is that it can be exploited by attackers to execute malicious scripts whenever a user accesses an injected page, potentially compromising user data and causing other security issues within an organization's website.

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