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CVE-2021-24682: The Cool Tag Cloud WordPress plugin before 2.26 does not escape the style attribute of the cool_tag_cloud shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-S

medium Affects cool-tag-cloud (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Cool Tag Cloud WordPress plugin before 2.26 does not escape the style attribute of the cool_tag_cloud shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-S

Package
cool-tag-cloud (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.26
Fixed in
2.26
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (51.0th percentile)
Published
2021-11-01
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordcool-tag-cloud (WordPress plugin) advisories

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