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CVE-2023-2169

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-2169 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the TaxoPress plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 3.6.4. This flaw, stemming from insufficient input sanitization in the Related Posts functionality, allows authenticated attackers with Editor+ permissions to inject malicious web scripts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.8 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in limited impact to confidentiality and integrity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:taxopress:taxopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 4,937 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/simple-tags/trunk/inc/related-posts-functions.php
Patch
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
Patch
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/52574d99-1ffe-4152-bf13-9cdd11d7300a
Third Party Advisory