CVE-2023-2168
TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Apr 19, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 18, 2023
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAIstevejburge |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c051bfd-2754-4faf-8062-91752555166c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-tags/trunk/inc/suggestterms-functions.php?rev=2743620#L151
- 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=
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