AI Autotagger < 3.30.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The WordPress Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager WordPress plugin before 3.30.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its Widgets settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00272 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed WordPress Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager (Unknown): 3.30.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WordPress Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager | before 3.30.0 | 3.30.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- WordPress Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager VendorUnknown Affected before 3.30.0 Fixed in 3.30.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:taxopress:taxopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 3.30.0 | Vulnerable | stevejburge |
- cpe:2.3:a:taxopress:taxopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.30.0 Vulnerable ·stevejburge
Remediation
- Fix · CNA WordPress Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager (Unknown) Fixed in 3.30.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-0627
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4p64-hxgr-8p2m
References
More stevejburge Taxopress vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-12211 Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2021-06734 TaxoPress < 3.0.7.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2023-02036 TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2023-02035 TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2023-02034 TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2025-12207 Missing authorization in stevejburge Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-0627 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-0627 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4p64-hxgr-8p2m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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