FKIE_CVE-2021-24653

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-10-25 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:40
Severity
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Cookie Bar WordPress plugin before 1.8.9 doesn't properly sanitise the Cookie Bar Message setting, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bfa8f46f-d323-4a2d-b875-39cd9b4cee0aExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bfa8f46f-d323-4a2d-b875-39cd9b4cee0aExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cookie-bar_project cookie-bar *
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    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "Cookie Bar",
          "vendor": "Unknown",
          "versions": [
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "1.8.9",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "value": "El plugin Cookie Bar de WordPress anterior a la versi\u00f3n 1.8.9 no sanea correctamente la configuraci\u00f3n del mensaje de la barra de cookies, lo que podr\u00eda permitir a los usuarios con privilegios elevados realizar ataques de Cross-Site Scripting incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html no est\u00e1 permitida"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2021-24653",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:40:23.810",
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        "baseSeverity": "LOW",
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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "SINGLE",
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          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
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}



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