Ultimate Taxonomy Manager <= 2.0 - Reflected XSS

2023-10-2600:00:00

wpscan.com

ultimate taxonomy manager

xss

parameters sanitisation

cross-site scripting

high privilege users

5.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.0%

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Description The plugin does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in the page, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/ultimate-taxonomy-manager/wordpress-ultimate-taxonomy-manager-plugin-2-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/ultimate-taxonomy-manager/ultimate-taxonomy-manager-20-unauthenticated-cross-site-scripting