CVE-2023-6498 Complianz | GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent <= 6.5.5 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-site Scripting via settings
Administrators can inject scripts into settings, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations, leading to stored XSS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-6498?
CVE-2023-6498 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent, published on 4 Jan 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to and including 6.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6498?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Really-Simple-Plugins Complianz.
How do I fix CVE-2023-6498?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6498 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2023-6498 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6498 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent
- CVE-2022-3494 Complianz (Free < 6.3.4, Premium < 6.3.6) - Translator SQLi
- CVE-2023-33333 Cross-site request forgery in Complianz
- CVE-2023-34030 WordPress Complianz and Complianz Premium plugins - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- CVE-2022-0193 Complianz - GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent < 6.0.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2023-1069 Complianz - GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent < 6.4.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rrxp-pgc2-x28c.