CVE-2023-6498 describes a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to and including 6.5.5. This flaw allows authenticated administrators to inject malicious web scripts due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, which execute when a user accesses an affected page. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.8 (Medium), indicating low impact on confidentiality and integrity, and requires high privileges and user interaction for exploitation, specifically impacting multi-site installations or those with unfiltered_html disabled. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:really-simple-plugins:complianz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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