CVE Vulnerability

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 disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

3.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

4.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a31321fe-adc6-4480-a220-35aedca52b8b Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164604/WordPress-TaxoPress-3.0.7.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:taxopress:taxopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-08-02 11:15

Updated : 2022-11-16 04:40

NVD link : CVE-2021-24444

Mitre link : CVE-2021-24444

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-79