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Status published
Medium
CVE-2021-36887
WordPress tarteaucitron.js – Cookies legislation & GDPR plugin <= 1.5.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Vulnerability Description
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) discovered in tarteaucitron.js – Cookies legislation & GDPR WordPress plugin (versions <= 1.5.4), vulnerable parameters "tarteaucitronEmail" and "tarteaucitronPass".
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Vulnerability discovered by Julio Potier (SecuPress)
References
Affected Vendor
Tarteaucitron
View all reports →Affected Software
tarteaucitron.js – Cookies legislation & GDPR (WordPress plugin)
Vulnerable Versions:
<= 1.5.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 20th, 2021
Last Modified:
April 28th, 2026
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
T1566.002
Spearphishing Link
Initial Access
T1204.001
Malicious Link
Execution
T1098
Account Manipulation
Persistence
T1565.001
Stored Data Manipulation
Impact
T1189
Drive-by Compromise
Initial Access
T1059.007
JavaScript
Execution
T1539
Steal Web Session Cookie
Collection
T1213
Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1567
Exfiltration Over Web Service
Exfiltration
T1491.001
Defacement
Impact