Cookie Law Bar 1.2.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by submitting unsanitized input to the Bar Message field. Attackers can inject script payloads through the plugin settings page that execute in the browsers of all WordPress users viewing the site, enabling cookie theft and sensitive data exfiltration.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Cookielawinfo Cookie Law Bar affected
Version Status Constraints
1.2.1 affected —

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References
Link Providers
https://wordpress.org/plugins/cookie-law-bar/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cookielawinfo.com/wordpress-plugin/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49905 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-cookie-law-bar-stored-xss-via-clb-bar-msg cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sat, 16 May 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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Description Cookie Law Bar 1.2.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by submitting unsanitized input to the Bar Message field. Attackers can inject script payloads through the plugin settings page that execute in the browsers of all WordPress users viewing the site, enabling cookie theft and sensitive data exfiltration.
Title WordPress Plugin Cookie Law Bar 1.2.1 Stored XSS via clb_bar_msg
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-16T15:26:09.379Z

Reserved: 2026-02-01T11:24:18.720Z

Link: CVE-2021-47957

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-16T16:16:22.037

Modified: 2026-05-16T16:16:22.037

Link: CVE-2021-47957

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Updated: 2026-05-16T16:30:27Z

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