Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-9833

Tag Groups is the Advanced Way to Display Your Taxonomy Terms

Tag Groups < 2.2.0 - Reflected XSS via 'tag_groups_task' Parameter

CVSS 3.1

7.1High

Official description

The Tag Groups is the Advanced Way to Display Your Taxonomy Terms WordPress plugin before 2.2.0 does not properly escape one of its AJAX parameters before reflecting it in the response body served with an HTML content type, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of a logged-in user with `edit_pages` capability (Editor or higher) who is tricked into following a crafted link.

CVSS scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
7.1High	3.1	CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP)	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
—	Tag Groups is the Advanced Way to Display Your Taxonomy Terms	v < 2.2.0	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/75792c33-2d9d-46db-a98c-00ec40951099/ exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

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Details

Published: 2026-07-20
Last updated: 2026-07-20
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): WPScan

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.52%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

44.7%

Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable: No
Exploitation: Proof of concept
Technical impact: Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')