CVE-2021-24682
Cool Tag Cloud < 2.26 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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-Site Scripting attacks.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2021-24682- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cool Tag Cloud < 2.26 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2021-24682- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11594 No score
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-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11594- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9pj2-g8wr-592r No score
The Cool Tag Cloud WordPress plugin before 2.26 does not escape the style attribute of the...
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-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
GHSA-9pj2-g8wr-592r- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24682 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Unknown Cool Tag Cloud, published November 1, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.65%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.