WordPress · Taxopress · CVE-2021-24444
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
TaxoPress – Create and Manage Taxonomies, Tags, Categories WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.0.7.2
**Description**
The issue allows high privilege users to set JavaScript payload in the Taxonomy description field, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue, even when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed. This occurs because the Taxonomy description field is not properly sanitised.
**Recommendations**
For versions prior to 3.0.7.2, update to version 3.0.7.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Taxonomy description field to minimize the risk of exploitation.