PT-2021-15972 · WordPress · Taxopress

Akash Rajendra Patil · Published 2021-08-02 · Updated 2022-11-16 · CVE-2021-24444

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24444

Affected Products

Taxopress

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/50442 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a31321fe-adc6-4480-a220-35aedca52b8b · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24444 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24444 · Security Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164604/WordPress-TaxoPress-3.0.7.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/22358 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/18961 · Telegram Post