TI-2024-08896 Aliases CVE-2024-9589 GHSA-j7jm-7vmw-wgv8

Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

LOW 25CWE-79Published 2024-10-22 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
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 Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'new_meta_name' parameter in the 'wpaft_option_page' function in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrator-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00278 20th 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-2024-9589
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j7jm-7vmw-wgv8

References

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d879fc6-97ec-4ecb-99c8-7fc0b91692ef?source=cve

Other 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-custom-taxonomy-meta/trunk/includes/options.php?rev=1196908#L232

TI-2024-08897 Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2024-08895 Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields <= 1.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Taxonomy Meta Add/Delete CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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