Vulnerability · Published May 15, 2025 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2024-8397GDPR Cookie Consent <= 2.6.0 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in webtoffee-gdpr-cookie-consent from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | webtoffee-gdpr-cookie-consent | 0 – before 2.6.1 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/847fbf5d-f7cf-49fd-88bc-d7fa2a8110bd/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description