CVE-2021-24653 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Cookie Bar WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.8.9, affecting the cookie-bar_project. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) allows high-privilege users to inject malicious scripts via the "Cookie Bar Message" setting, even without the unfiltered_html capability, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.8.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cookie-bar_project:cookie-bar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.