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GHSA-8C7R-H373-6JRJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 22:28 – Updated: 2022-10-07 00:00

Details

The TaxoPress â€“ Create and Manage Taxonomies, Tags, Categories WordPress plugin before 3.7.0.2 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.

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-24444"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-08-02T11:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-8c7r-h373-6jrj",
  "modified": "2022-10-07T00:00:41Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T22:28:26Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24444"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a31321fe-adc6-4480-a220-35aedca52b8b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164604/WordPress-TaxoPress-3.0.7.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2021-24444 (GCVE-0-2021-24444)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-02 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:28

Title

TaxoPress < 3.0.7.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

WPScan

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a31321fe-adc6-44…
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164604/WordP…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	TaxoPress – Create and Manage Taxonomies, Tags, Categories	Affected: 3.0.7.2 , < 3.0.7.2 (custom)

Credits

Akash Rajendra Patil

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    "adp": [
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        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T19:28:23.965Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a31321fe-adc6-4480-a220-35aedca52b8b"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164604/WordPress-TaxoPress-3.0.7.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "TaxoPress \u2013 Create and Manage Taxonomies, Tags, Categories",
          "vendor": "Unknown",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "3.0.7.2",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "3.0.7.2",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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        }
      ],
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              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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        "dateUpdated": "2022-10-06T00:00:00.000Z",
        "orgId": "1bfdd5d7-9bf6-4a53-96ea-42e2716d7a81",
        "shortName": "WPScan"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a31321fe-adc6-4480-a220-35aedca52b8b"
        },
        {
          "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164604/WordPress-TaxoPress-3.0.7.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
      },
      "title": "TaxoPress \u003c 3.0.7.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)",
      "x_generator": "WPScan CVE Generator"
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "1bfdd5d7-9bf6-4a53-96ea-42e2716d7a81",
    "assignerShortName": "WPScan",
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    "datePublished": "2021-08-02T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T19:28:23.965Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8C7R-H373-6JRJ

CVE-2021-24444 (GCVE-0-2021-24444)

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