CVE-2021-24444

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 Medium 4.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-24444
  • Assigner
  • contact@wpscan.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-08-02T11:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-11-16T16:40:03
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:taxopress:taxopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 3.0.7.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.5
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.8
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.7
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a31321fe-adc6-4480-a220-35aedca52b8b Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164604/WordPress-TaxoPress-3.0.7.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24444
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24444
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:49:39 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 07:07:04 2021-08-02T11:15Z 2021-08-02T11:15:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 07:07:04 2022-11-16T16:40:03 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 07:07:04 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated