What is CVE-2024-5026?

CVE-2024-5026 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cminds Cm_tooltip_glossary, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-5026?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-5026 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Cminds Cm_tooltip_glossary

CVE-2024-5026

The CM Tooltip Glossary WordPress plugin before 4.3.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capa…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (17.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cminds Cm_tooltip_glossary
Unknown Cm Tooltip Glossary — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5026?: CVE-2024-5026 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cminds Cm_tooltip_glossary, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2025-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-5026?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-5026 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.