PT-2025-49236 · WordPress · Cool Tag Cloud

Published 2025-12-05 · Updated 2025-12-10 · CVE-2025-13614

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cool Tag Cloud plugin for WordPress versions prior to 2.30

Description The Cool Tag Cloud plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through the ‘cool tag cloud’ shortcode. This is due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-provided attributes. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute when a user accesses the compromised page.

Recommendations Update the Cool Tag Cloud plugin to version 2.30 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-13614

Affected Products

Cool Tag Cloud

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13614 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/MNovofastovsky/status/1998746956697416118 · Twitter Post
• http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cool-tag-cloud/trunk/cool-tag-cloud.php?marks=798-799#L682 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/144853 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1996893842692292933 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1998709332826087512 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1996997212178468977 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eac56190-4f81-464d-9737-ae2e3d4b0d0d?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/38918 · Telegram Post