CVE-2023-2168

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 v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

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://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=	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c051bfd-2754-4faf-8062-91752555166c?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

07 Nov 2023, 04:12

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-79~~

Information

Published : 2023-04-19 10:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 20:13

NVD link : CVE-2023-2168

Mitre link : CVE-2023-2168

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-2168

JSON object : View

Products Affected

taxopress

taxopress

CWE

No CWE.

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