6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-24405
"WordPress Easy Cookies Policy CSRF and Stored XSS"
Description

The Easy Cookies Policy WordPress plugin through 1.6.2 is lacking any capability and CSRF check when saving its settings, allowing any authenticated users (such as subscriber) to change them. If users can't register, this can be done through CSRF. Furthermore, the cookie banner setting is not sanitised or validated before being output in all pages of the frontend and the backend settings one, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

INFO

Published Date :

July 6, 2021, 11:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:53 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-24405 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-24405 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Izsoft easy_cookies_policy
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-24405.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166543/WordPress-Easy-Cookie-Policy-1.6.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9157d6d2-4bda-4fcd-8192-363a63a51ff5 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166543/WordPress-Easy-Cookie-Policy-1.6.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9157d6d2-4bda-4fcd-8192-363a63a51ff5 Exploit Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Shemhamphorash_HackMyVM_Medium

HTML CSS

Updated: 2 days, 4 hours ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 27, 2025, 11:53 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-24405 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-24405 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166543/WordPress-Easy-Cookie-Policy-1.6.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
    Added Reference https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9157d6d2-4bda-4fcd-8192-363a63a51ff5
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-863
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 12, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE WPScan CWE-284
    Added CWE WPScan CWE-863
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-284 / More specific CWE option available
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166543/WordPress-Easy-Cookie-Policy-1.6.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166543/WordPress-Easy-Cookie-Policy-1.6.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE NIST CWE-863
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166543/WordPress-Easy-Cookie-Policy-1.6.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9157d6d2-4bda-4fcd-8192-363a63a51ff5 No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9157d6d2-4bda-4fcd-8192-363a63a51ff5 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:izsoft:easy_cookies_policy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 1.6.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-24405 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-24405 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.68 }} -0.12%

score

0.87268

percentile

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