CVE-2023-2168

Published Apr 19, 2023

Last updated a year ago

Overview

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.
Source: security@wordfence.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.8
Impact score: 2.7
Exploitability score: 1.7
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:taxopress:taxopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "DB474553-656F-4B5D-8C26-E6B5E340310C",
            "versionEndIncluding": "3.6.4"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

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