Medium severity · published Apr 19, 2023
CVE-2023-2168
TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
4.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The TaxoPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Suggest Terms Title field in versions up to, and including, 3.6.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Editor+ permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TC
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI · stevejburge
through 3.6.4 · source: vendor
TA
Taxopress · Taxopress
through 3.6.4 · source: NVD
Affected product
TC
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI
stevejburge
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2168
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2168
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-tags/trunk/inc/suggestterms-functions.php?rev=2743620#L151
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2868795%40simple-tags%2Ftrunk&old=2774153%40simple-tags%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c051bfd-2754-4faf-8062-91752555166c?source=cve
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