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data-cookie attribute can be used to delete arbitrary cookies

Moderate
AmauriC published GHSA-jxj7-g6gm-49j7 Jun 3, 2026

Package

npm tarteaucitronjs (npm)

Affected versions

<1.33.0

Patched versions

1.33.0

Description

Summary

tarteaucitron provides a list of cookies and buttons to delete them.
If an attacker can write HTML with data attributes, they could create an element that silently deletes a cookie when clicked and trick a user to delete this cookie.

Details

tarteaucitron.cookie.purge() is called on any element with the purgeBtn class.
It does not check if the element is a legitimate tarteaucitron button or if the cookie corresponds to a service handled by tarteaucitron.

PoC

<a class="purgeBtn" data-cookie="foo">Click me!</a>

If someone has a cookie with this name and clicks on the link, the cookie is silently deleted.

Impact

The impact is limited because this only works on cookies without HttpOnly=true and the attacker has to know the name of the cookie.

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2026-49977

Weaknesses

Improper Authorization

The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Learn more on MITRE.

Credits