TI-2024-08895 Aliases CVE-2024-9588 GHSA-gxw9-j8r3-33w6

Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields <= 1.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Taxonomy Meta Add/Delete

LOW 24CWE-352Published 2024-10-22 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

The Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'wpaft_option_page' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add and delete taxonomy meta, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00182 7th 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: Partial

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
amu02aftab	Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields	up to 1.0.0	—	No fix listed	CNA

Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields Vendoramu02aftab Affected up to 1.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:aftabhusain:category_and_taxonomy_meta_fields::::::wordpress::*	up to 1.0.0	Vulnerable	amu02aftab

cpe:2.3:a:aftabhusain:category_and_taxonomy_meta_fields:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 1.0.0 Vulnerable ·amu02aftab

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-9588
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gxw9-j8r3-33w6

References

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2dc9c744-6ffb-4d7a-94ce-ba576d7b6d47?source=cve

Other 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-custom-taxonomy-meta/trunk/includes/options.php?rev=1196908#L103

TI-2024-08897 Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2024-08896 Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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