How severe is CVE-2023-2170?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-2170 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Stevejburge Tag, Category, And Taxonomy Manager – Ai Autotagger With Openai

CVE-2023-2170

The TaxoPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Related Posts functionality in versions up to, and including, 3.6.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Editor+ permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-04-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Stevejburge Tag, Category, And Taxonomy Manager – Ai Autotagger With Openai — versions 0
Taxopress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e98ed932-4e4c-4127-ae72-500e2… (Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-tags/trunk/inc/related-posts-function… (Patch)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2170?: CVE-2023-2170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Stevejburge Tag, Category, And Taxonomy Manager – Ai Autotagger With Openai, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-04-19.
How severe is CVE-2023-2170?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2170 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.