CVE-2023-0823
Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA < 2.4.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.4
The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
CVE-2023-0823- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
5.4
Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA < 2.4.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
CVE-2023-0823- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-12826
5.4
The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
EUVD-2023-12826- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f923-fwmg-rmrc
5.4
The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not validate...
The Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
GHSA-f923-fwmg-rmrc- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-0823 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Humanityco Cookie Notice & Compliance For Gdpr / Ccpa, published March 27, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.