TI-2024-08557 Aliases CVE-2024-9221 GHSA-5gh7-7795-6ghv

Tainacan <= 0.21.10 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

LOW 30CWE-79Published 2024-10-11 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 0.21.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00434 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
tainacan	Tainacan	up to 0.21.10	—	No fix listed	CNA

Tainacan Vendortainacan Affected up to 0.21.10 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:tainacan:tainacan::::::wordpress::*	before 0.21.11	Vulnerable	tainacan

cpe:2.3:a:tainacan:tainacan:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 0.21.11 Vulnerable ·tainacan

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-9221
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5gh7-7795-6ghv

References

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3165873/

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/85a8a7df-b472-4a81-b808-a413c158c1cf?source=cve

Other 2

TI-2024-20253 WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.20.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-32242 WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.21.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
TI-2024-06604 Tainacan <= 0.21.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2024-01340 WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.20.6 - Sensitive Data Exposure via Log File vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2024-23081 WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.21.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2023-25956 WordPress Tainacan Plugin <= 0.20.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1

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Sources

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