FKIE_CVE-2021-24678

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-10-04 12:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:40
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The CM Tooltip Glossary WordPress plugin before 3.9.21 does not escape some glossary_tooltip shortcode attributes, which could allow users a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b83880f7-8614-4409-9305-d059b5df15ddExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b83880f7-8614-4409-9305-d059b5df15ddExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cminds tooltip_glossary *
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          "vendor": "Unknown",
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  "id": "CVE-2021-24678",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:40:26.457",
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