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WordPress Plugin: coolclock: CVE-2021-24670: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 30, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026

Description

The CoolClock WordPress plugin before 4.3.5 does not escape some shortcode attributes, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor toperform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Solution

coolclock-plugin-cve-2021-24670
Title
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