# CVE-2022-3399: Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA <= 2.4.17.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Authenticated administrators can inject arbitrary scripts via a plugin parameter, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q76c-93m5-8g2x

## What is CVE-2022-3399?

CVE-2022-3399 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in humanityco Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA, published on 16 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'cookie_notice_options[refuse_code_head]' parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.4.17.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrative privileges and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the injected /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cookie-notice page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3399?


## How do I fix CVE-2022-3399?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3399 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3399 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3399 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3399 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3399 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in humanityco Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA, published on 16 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3399 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: humanityco Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3399/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3399/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3399
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3399
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3399

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3399/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.