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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 Scr

medium Affects tooltip-glossary (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

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 Scr

Package
tooltip-glossary (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<3.9.21
Fixed in
3.9.21
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (49.8th percentile)
Published
2021-10-04
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordtooltip-glossary (WordPress plugin) advisories

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