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GHSA-MCX6-9QF4-CX6P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-20 09:31 – Updated: 2026-07-20 15:32

Details

The Tag Groups is the Advanced Way to Display Your Taxonomy Terms WordPress plugin before 2.2.0 does not properly escape one of its AJAX parameters before reflecting it in the response body served with an HTML content type, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of a logged-in user with edit_pages capability (Editor or higher) who is tricked into following a crafted link.

Severity

7.1 (High)


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

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  "modified": "2026-07-20T15:32:03Z",
  "published": "2026-07-20T09:31:08Z",
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    }
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  ]
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CVE-2026-9833 (GCVE-0-2026-9833)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-20 06:00 – Updated: 2026-07-20 13:07

Title

Tag Groups < 2.2.0 - Reflected XSS via 'tag_groups_task' Parameter

Summary

The Tag Groups is the Advanced Way to Display Your Taxonomy Terms WordPress plugin before 2.2.0 does not properly escape one of its AJAX parameters before reflecting it in the response body served with an HTML content type, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of a logged-in user with `edit_pages` capability (Editor or higher) who is tricked into following a crafted link.

Severity

7.1 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/75792c33-2d9d-46…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Tag Groups is the Advanced Way to Display Your Taxonomy Terms	Affected: 0 , < 2.2.0 (semver)

Credits

Juyaz WPScan

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              "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
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              "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
              "scope": "CHANGED",
              "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
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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-MCX6-9QF4-CX6P

CVE-2026-9833 (GCVE-0-2026-9833)

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