PT-2021-16192 · WordPress · Cool Tag Cloud

Apple502J · Published 2021-11-01 · Updated 2021-11-02 · CVE-2021-24682

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 Cool Tag Cloud WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.26

Description The issue allows users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks due to the lack of escaping of the style attribute of the cool tag cloud shortcode.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.26, update to version 2.26 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the cool tag cloud shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24682

Affected Products

Cool Tag Cloud

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7dfdd50d-77f9-4f0a-8673-8f033c0b0e05 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24682 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24682 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/22773 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/31525 · Telegram Post