What is CVE-2021-24678?

CVE-2021-24678 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cminds Tooltip Glossary, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-24678?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24678 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Cminds Tooltip Glossary

CVE-2021-24678

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

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cminds Tooltip_glossary
Unknown Cm Tooltip Glossary – Better Seo And Uex For Your Wp Site — versions 3.9.21

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24678?: CVE-2021-24678 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cminds Tooltip Glossary, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-10-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-24678?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24678 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.