CVE-2023-2170 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-2170: TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vendor Stevejburge
Product Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published April 19, 2023
Last update April 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The TaxoPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Related Posts functionality in versions up to, and including, 3.6.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Editor+ permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 19, 2023 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated

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