Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-3388
The Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'nsc_bar_content_href' parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.10.1 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. A partial patch was made available in 2.10.1 and the issue was fully patched in 2.10.2.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2023-3388
- Beautiful-cookie-banner » Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner » For WordpressVersions up to, including, (<=) 2.10.1cpe:2.3:a:beautiful-cookie-banner:beautiful_cookie_consent_banner:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-3388
50.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 98 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-3388
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6.1
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.8
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2.7
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NIST | |
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7.2
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
3.9
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2.7
|
Wordfence |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-3388
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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.Assigned by:
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
- security@wordfence.com (Secondary)
References for CVE-2023-3388
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https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wordfence-firewall-blocks-bizarre-large-scale-xss-campaign/
Wordfence Firewall Blocks Bizarre Large-Scale XSS CampaignThird Party Advisory
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/542a4079-b1a2-49bc-9ddd-ba7978c9992e?source=cve
Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner <= 2.10.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site ScriptingThird Party Advisory
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2857982%40beautiful-and-responsive-cookie-consent&new=2857982%40beautiful-and-responsive-cookie-consent&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Changeset 2857982 for beautiful-and-responsive-cookie-consent – WordPress Plugin RepositoryPatch
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