CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
24.8%
The WordPress plugin
# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
CPE = "cpe:/a:hu-manity:cookie_notice_%26_compliance_for_gdpr_%2f_ccpa";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.147029");
script_version("2022-07-19T10:11:08+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-07-19 10:11:08 +0000 (Tue, 19 Jul 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-10-29 04:02:00 +0000 (Fri, 29 Oct 2021)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-10-04 20:18:00 +0000 (Mon, 04 Oct 2021)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-24569");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("WordPress Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Plugin < 2.1.2 XSS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/cookie-notice/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA'
is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The plugin does not escape the value of its Button Text setting
when outputting it in an attribute in the frontend, allowing high privilege users such as admin
to perform Cross-Site Scripting even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA through
version 2.1.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.1.2 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/38053e05-4b17-4fa9-acd3-85d8529b202b");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wordpress.org/plugins/cookie-notice/#developers");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "2.1.2")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.1.2", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
24.8%