CVE-2023-0420: Custom Post Type and Taxonomy GUI Manager <= 1.1 - Stored XSS via CSRF

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Custom Post Type and Taxonomy GUI Manager WordPress plugin through 1.1 does not have CSRF, and is lacking sanitising as well as escaping in some parameters, allowing attackers to make a logged in admin put Stored Cross-Site Scripting payloads via CSRF

Affected products

Custom Post Type and Taxonomy GUI Manager: through 1.1

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/266e417f-ece7-4ff5-a724-4d9c8e2f3faa
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/266e417f-ece7-4ff5-a724-4d9c8e2f3faa

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