5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-24678
"WordPress CM Tooltip Glossary Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability"
Description

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

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 4, 2021, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 18, 2021, 11:58 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-24678 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cminds tooltip_glossary
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b83880f7-8614-4409-9305-d059b5df15dd Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-24678 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-24678 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cminds:enhanced-tooltipglossary:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.9.21 OR *cpe:2.3:a:cminds:tooltip_glossary:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.9.21
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 08, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b83880f7-8614-4409-9305-d059b5df15dd No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b83880f7-8614-4409-9305-d059b5df15dd Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cminds:enhanced-tooltipglossary:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.9.21
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-24678 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-24678 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.22465

percentile

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