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CVE Database / CVE-2023-2170

CVE · Medium

CVE-2023-2170 — Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms [simple-tags] < 3.6.5

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2023-2168, CVE-2023-2169, CVE-2023-2170 Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms [simple-tags] < 3.6.5 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Medium 4.8 < 3.6.5 3.6.5 2023-04-18 —

CVE-2023-2168, CVE-2023-2169, CVE-2023-2170

The TaxoPress plugin for WordPress contained a cross-site scripting vulnerability in versions prior to 3.6.5 that was discovered by Ivan Kuzymchak. An attacker could exploit this flaw to inject malicious scripts into a website, potentially executing redirects, advertisements, or arbitrary HTML code that would run when visitors accessed the site. The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.6.5 and users should update their installations to this version or later.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

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