Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 19, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026

CVE-2023-2170

Description

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.

Affected products

Taxopress/Taxopress
cpe:2.3:a:taxopress:taxopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <=3.6.4

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-tags/trunk/inc/related-posts-functions.phpnvdPatch
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e98ed932-4e4c-4127-ae72-500e2a34f371nvdThird Party Advisory

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