CVE-2018-10310
A persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the web interface of the Catapult UK Cookie Consent plugin before 2.3.10 for WordPress that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script code in the context of a victim's browser.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
A persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the web interface of the Catapult UK Cookie Consent plugin before 2.3.10 for WordPress that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script code in the context of a victim's browser.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.74% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 24 April 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- catapultthemes/cookie consent
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 5.3% on 21 September 2026 to 3.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147333/WordPress-UK-Cookie-Consent-2.3.9-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gist.github.com/B0UG/9732614abccaf2893c352d14c822d07bThird Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/uk-cookie-consent/#developersProduct, Release Notes
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44503/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147333/WordPress-UK-Cookie-Consent-2.3.9-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gist.github.com/B0UG/9732614abccaf2893c352d14c822d07bThird Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/uk-cookie-consent/#developersProduct, Release Notes
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44503/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.