CVE-2021-24444
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 3.1
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.31% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- taxopress/taxopress
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164604/WordPress-TaxoPress-3.0.7.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a31321fe-adc6-4480-a220-35aedca52b8bExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164604/WordPress-TaxoPress-3.0.7.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a31321fe-adc6-4480-a220-35aedca52b8bExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.