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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-24682
CVE-2021-24682:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Cool Tag Cloud WordPress plugin before version 2.26 contains a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability identified as CVE-2021-24682. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by researcher apple502j, with the initial disclosure date of September 28, 2021 (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from improper escaping of the style attribute in the cooltagcloud shortcode. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity) and is classified under CWE-79. The vulnerability falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (WPScan).
Impact
The vulnerability allows users with privileges as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks on affected WordPress installations. This could potentially lead to the execution of malicious JavaScript code in users' browsers (CVE Mitre).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.26 of the Cool Tag Cloud plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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