PT-2021-16189 · WordPress · Cm Tooltip Glossary

Apple502J · Published 2021-10-04 · Updated 2021-10-18 · CVE-2021-24678

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CM Tooltip Glossary WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.9.21

Description The issue allows users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks due to the plugin not escaping some glossary tooltip shortcode attributes.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.9.21, update to version 3.9.21 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the glossary tooltip shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24678

Affected Products

Cm Tooltip Glossary

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b83880f7-8614-4409-9305-d059b5df15dd · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24678 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24678 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/29859 · Telegram Post