# CVE-2024-11724: Missing authorization in Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent

> Authenticated subscribers can bypass authorization checks to whitelist scripts, allowing unauthorized modification of plugin settings.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rgc9-pj6f-qfjr

## What is CVE-2024-11724?

CVE-2024-11724 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wplegalpages Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent, published on 12 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Cookie Consent for WP – Cookie Consent, Consent Log, Cookie Scanner, Script Blocker (for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the wpl_script_save AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to whitelist scripts.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11724?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpeka Wp Cookie Consent.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11724?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11724 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11724 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11724 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in wplegalpages Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent

- [CVE-2024-4869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4869/): Cross-site scripting in Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-3599](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3599/): Missing authorization in Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-23678](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23678/): WordPress WP Cookie Notice for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy Consent Plugin <= 2.2.5 is vulnerable to CSV Injection (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11724 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11724 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wplegalpages Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent, published on 12 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11724 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wplegalpages Cookie Banner for GDPR / CCPA – WPLP Cookie Consent. 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-2024-11724/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11724/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11724
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11724
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11724

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11724/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.