WP Cookie Consent Plugin up to 3.2.0 on WordPress Header Client-IP cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in WP Cookie Consent Plugin up to 3.2.0 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Header Handler. Such manipulation of the argument Client-IP leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-4869. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WP Cookie Consent Plugin up to 3.2.0 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument Client-IP with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The WP Cookie Consent ( for GDPR, CCPA & ePrivacy ) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘Client-IP’ header in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-4869 since 05/14/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

05/14/2024 🔍
06/25/2024 +42 days 🔍
06/25/2024 +0 days 🔍
07/09/2025 +379 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-4869 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-4869
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-269624

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2024 15:02
Updated: 07/09/2025 18:22
Changes: 06/25/2024 15:02 (53), 06/27/2024 12:16 (13), 03/22/2025 10:03 (4), 07/09/2025 18:22 (11)
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