CVE-2021-24405 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Medium CVE-2021-24405

Easy Cookie Policy <= 1.6.2 - Broken Access Control to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability Description

The Easy Cookies Policy WordPress plugin through 1.6.2 is lacking any capability and CSRF check when saving its settings, allowing any authenticated users (such as subscriber) to change them. If users can't register, this can be done through CSRF. Furthermore, the cookie banner setting is not sanitised or validated before being output in all pages of the frontend and the backend settings one, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2021-24405

Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • 0xB9

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Easy Cookies Policy
Vulnerable Versions:
1.6.2

Timeline

Official Publish: July 6th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)