CVE-2023-49836
WordPress Cookie Bar Plugin <= 2.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brontobytes Cookie Bar allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Cookie Bar: from n/a through 2.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Cookie Bar Plugin <= 2.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brontobytes Cookie Bar allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Cookie Bar: from n/a through 2.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-49836- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-53744
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brontobytes Cookie Bar allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Cookie Bar: from n/a through 2.0.
- Record
EUVD-2023-53744- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-phwq-q4mv-xr5x
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brontobytes Cookie Bar allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Cookie Bar: from n/a through 2.0.
- Record
GHSA-phwq-q4mv-xr5x- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brontobytes Cookie Bar allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Cookie Bar: from n/a through 2.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-49836- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - 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-2023-49836 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Brontobytes Cookie Bar, published December 14, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 31st percentile. No source names a fixed version.