CVE-2021-36887
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) discovered in tarteaucitron.js – Cookies legislation & GDPR WordPress plugin (versions <= 1.5.4), vulnerable parameters "tarteaucitronEmail" and "tarteaucitronPass".
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) discovered in tarteaucitron.js – Cookies legislation & GDPR WordPress plugin (versions <= 1.5.4), vulnerable parameters "tarteaucitronEmail" and "tarteaucitronPass".
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.49% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-352
- Affected
- tarteaucitron.js - cookies legislation \& gdpr project/tarteaucitron.js - cookies legislation \& gdpr
- Source
- audit@patchstack.com
References
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/tarteaucitronjs/wordpress-tarteaucitron-js-cookies-legislation-gdpr-plugin-1-5-4-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-leading-to-cross-site-scripting-xssExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/tarteaucitronjs/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/tarteaucitronjs/wordpress-tarteaucitron-js-cookies-legislation-gdpr-plugin-1-5-4-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-leading-to-cross-site-scripting-xssExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/tarteaucitronjs/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.