Medium severity · published Aug 2, 2021
CVE-2021-24444
TaxoPress < 3.0.7.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
4.8
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The TaxoPress – Create and Manage Taxonomies, Tags, Categories WordPress plugin before 3.0.7.2 does not sanitise its Taxonomy description field, allowing high privilege users to set JavaScript payload in them even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TC
TaxoPress – Create and Manage Taxonomies, Tags, Categories ·
3.0.7.2 before 3.0.7.2 · source: vendor
TA
Taxopress · Taxopress
before 3.0.7.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
TC
TaxoPress – Create and Manage Taxonomies, Tags, Categories
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24444
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24444
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164604/WordPress-TaxoPress-3.0.7.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a31321fe-adc6-4480-a220-35aedca52b8b