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CVE-2026-120540 iubenda iubenda | all-in-one compliance for gdpr / ccpa cookie consent + more: Cross-site Scripting

7.2 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.2) in iubenda iubenda | all-in-one compliance for gdpr / ccpa cookie consent + more. EPSS 0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

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The iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.13.6. This is due to the way iubendaParser::parse_comments() re-processes HTML inside IUB-COOKIE-BLOCK markers through the bundled simple_html_dom parser after WordPress has already KSES-filtered the saved comment: simple_html_dom's remove_noise() stores <code> bodies under a deterministic key ('___noise___ 1000') and restore_noise() later substitutes any matching substring back into attribute values WITHOUT re-escaping, allowing a quote-breaking payload stashed in an allowed <code> element to be injected into an allowed <abbr title="___noise___ 1000"> attribute at render time. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, after an administrator approves the first (otherwise moderated) comment under WordPress's default comment_previously_approved setting.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.2 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 16th percentile. Scored 2026-11-13. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
CISA's assessment (SSVC)
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial, assessed 2026-11-07. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
CWE
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting)
OWASP Top 10
A05:2025 Injection
Published
Modified
NVD analysis
Deferred: the NVD does not plan to analyze it
Record from
the NVD, synced

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Affected

  • iubenda:iubenda | all-in-one compliance for gdpr / ccpa cookie consent + more

Versions

From the CNA's record in the CVE List.

ProductAffected
iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + morethrough 3.13.6

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

  • CAPEC-63 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-85 AJAX Footprinting Likelihood: High · Severity: Low
  • CAPEC-209 XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch Severity: Medium
  • CAPEC-588 DOM-Based XSS Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-591 Reflected XSS Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-592 Stored XSS Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High

The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits.

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