Stored Cross-Site Scripting in TaxoPress Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-2168

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
TaxoPress is the WordPress Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 April 2023

What is CVE-2023-2168?

The TaxoPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through the Suggest Terms Title field, due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Editor+ permissions to inject arbitrary scripts into pages, which will execute when other users access those pages. Users should ensure they are running the latest version of TaxoPress to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

TaxoPress is the WordPress Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager * <= 3.6.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-tags/tr...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Ivan Kuzymchak
.