WordPress Tag and Category Manager – AI Autotagger <= 3.13.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Vulnerability Description
The WordPress Tag and Category Manager – AI Autotagger plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'st_tag_cloud' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.13.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Matthew Rollings
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0f537479-d5ec-46bb-a04e-2c33a2abc759?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-tags/trunk/inc/class.client.php#L346
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-tags/trunk/inc/class.client.php#L348
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3060746/simple-tags/trunk/inc/class.client.tagcloud.php
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