CVE-2024-4086
CM Tooltip Glossary – Powerful Glossary Plugin <= 4.2.11 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
The CM Tooltip Glossary – Powerful Glossary Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.11. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation when saving settings. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the plugin's settings or reset them via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.3
CM Tooltip Glossary – Powerful Glossary Plugin <= 4.2.11 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
The CM Tooltip Glossary – Powerful Glossary Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.11. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation when saving settings. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the plugin's settings or reset them via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
CVE-2024-4086- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-32648
4.3
The CM Tooltip Glossary – Powerful Glossary Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.11. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation when saving settings. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the plugin's settings or reset them via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
EUVD-2024-32648- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w9vr-xv54-jqjq
4.3
The CM Tooltip Glossary – Powerful Glossary Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross...
The CM Tooltip Glossary – Powerful Glossary Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.11. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation when saving settings. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the plugin's settings or reset them via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
GHSA-w9vr-xv54-jqjq- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.3
The CM Tooltip Glossary – Powerful Glossary Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.11. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation when saving settings. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the plugin's settings or reset them via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
CVE-2024-4086- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-4086 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Creativemindssolutions Cm Tooltip Glossary, published May 2, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3e2ddde-1421-4352-b93a-1492574f624e?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3076616/enhanced-tooltipglossary/trunk/settings/CMTT_Settings.php?contextall=1&old=3029791&old_path=%2Fenhanced-tooltipglossary%2Ftrunk%2Fsettings%2FCMTT_Settings.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4086
github.com/advisories/GHSA-w9vr-xv54-jqjq