WordPress Plugin 'GDPR Cookie Consent' < 1.8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-20633)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 171606

Synopsis

The remote WordPress application has a plugin installed that has multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The WordPress application running on the remote host has a version of the 'GDPR Cookie Consent' plugin that is prior to 1.8.3. It is, therefore, affected by authenticated stored XSS and privilege escalation.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the 'GDPR Cookie Consent' plugin to version 1.8.3 or later through the administrative dashboard.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?16e0087f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 171606

File Name: wordpress_plugin_gdpr_cookie_consent_1_8_3.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/17/2023

Updated: 9/4/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-20633

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cookielawinfo:gdpr_cookie_consent

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-20633