# CVE-2024-8397: GDPR Cookie Consent <= 2.6.0 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via IP headers, leading to code execution in the admin context when viewing consent reports.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 May 2025
- **Updated:** 17 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j4qf-29vf-7xcj

## What is CVE-2024-8397?

CVE-2024-8397 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown webtoffee-gdpr-cookie-consent, published on 15 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The webtoffee-gdpr-cookie-consent WordPress plugin before 2.6.1 does not properly sanitize and escape the IP headers when logging them, allowing visitors to conduct Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. The payload gets triggered when an admin visits the 'Consent report' page and the malicious script is executed in the admin context.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8397?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Webtoffee Gdpr Cookie Consent.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8397?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8397 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8397 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-8397 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown webtoffee-gdpr-cookie-consent

- [CVE-2024-8286](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8286/): GDPR Cookie Consent <= 2.6.0 - Bulk Delete via CSRF (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8397 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8397 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown webtoffee-gdpr-cookie-consent, published on 15 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-8397 exists.

Affected product: Unknown webtoffee-gdpr-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-2024-8397/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8397/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8397
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8397
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8397

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8397/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.