Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in TaxoPress Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-2170

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-2023-2170?

The TaxoPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in its Related Posts feature. This vulnerability allows authenticated users with Editor or higher permissions to inject arbitrary scripts into web pages. The injected scripts are executed in the browsers of users accessing those pages, potentially compromising site security and visitor safety. Users are urged to update to the latest version or mitigate the risk by restricting plugin access.

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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
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