CVE-2024-13849 Cookie Notice Bar <= 1.3.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject arbitrary scripts in Cookie Notice Bar plugin, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations.
- 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-2024-13849?
CVE-2024-13849 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in dcurasi Cookie Notice Bar, published on 20 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Cookie Notice Bar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, 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-2024-13849?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dcurasi Cookie Notice Bar.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13849?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13849 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-2024-13849 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13849 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2cxg-wgm8-g86m.