CVE-2026-9833

HIGH

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

Title source: cna

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit exploit vdb-entry technical-description

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

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1

EPSS 0.0016

EPSS Percentile 6.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (1)

None/Tag Groups is the Advanced Way to Display Your Taxonomy Terms < 2.2.0

Published Jul 20, 2026

Tracked Since Jul 20, 2026