CVE-2021-24405 affects the Easy Cookies Policy WordPress plugin up to version 1.6.2, stemming from a lack of capability and CSRF checks when saving settings, coupled with insufficient sanitization of cookie banner settings. This allows authenticated users, including subscribers, to modify plugin settings and inject Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) payloads. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high integrity impact without requiring user interaction. While not actively exploited in the wild or on CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-50849) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:izsoft:easy_cookies_policy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.