CVE-2021-24590: The Cookie Notice & Consent Banner for GDPR & CCPA Compliance WordPress plugin before 1.7.2 does not properly sanitize inputs to prevent injection of arbitrary HTML within the plugin's design customiz

medium Affects cookie-notice-\&-consent-banner-for-gdpr-\&-ccpa-compliance (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Cookie Notice & Consent Banner for GDPR & CCPA Compliance WordPress plugin before 1.7.2 does not properly sanitize inputs to prevent injection of arbitrary HTML within the plugin's design customiz

Package
cookie-notice-\&-consent-banner-for-gdpr-\&-ccpa-compliance (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.7.2
Fixed in
1.7.2
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (49.8th percentile)
Published
2021-09-06
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordcookie-notice-\&-consent-banner-for-gdpr-\&-ccpa-compliance (WordPress plugin) advisories

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