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CVE-2021-24444

MEDIUM 4.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
August 2, 2021
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

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.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown TaxoPress – Create and Manage Taxonomies, Tags, Categories — From 3.0.7.2 (including) to 3.0.7.2 (excluding)
  • taxopress taxopress — Before 3.0.7.2

References

  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164604/WordPress-TaxoPress-3.0.7.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a31321fe-adc6-4480-a220-35aedca52b8b Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record