CVE-2021-24444 TaxoPress < 3.0.7.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
High-privilege users can inject JavaScript into taxonomy descriptions, leading to stored XSS attacks against other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24444?
CVE-2021-24444 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown TaxoPress – Create and Manage Taxonomies, Tags, Categories, published on 2 Aug 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24444?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Taxopress Taxopress.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24444?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24444 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2021-24444 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24444 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown TaxoPress – Create and Manage Taxonomies, Tags, Categories
- CVE-2025-13359 Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
- CVE-2023-2168 TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2023-2169 TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2023-2170 TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2025-13354 Missing authorization in Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8c7r-h373-6jrj.