Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-24444
Potential exploit
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.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2021-24444
- cpe:2.3:a:taxopress:taxopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-24444
0.09%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 40 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-24444
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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3.5
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LOW | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
6.8
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2.9
|
NIST | |
4.8
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
1.7
|
2.7
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-24444
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The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by: contact@wpscan.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-24444
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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a31321fe-adc6-4480-a220-35aedca52b8b
Attention Required! | CloudflareExploit;Third Party Advisory
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164604/WordPress-TaxoPress-3.0.7.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
WordPress TaxoPress 3.0.7.1 Cross Site Scripting ≈ Packet StormThird Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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