TI-2025-12207 Aliases CVE-2025-13354 GHSA-vpf5-h5rh-88hf

Missing authorization in stevejburge Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger…

LOW 20CWE-862Published 2025-12-03 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

The Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.40.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action in the "taxopress_merge_terms_batch" function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber level access and above, to merge or delete arbitrary taxonomy terms.

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

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Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
stevejburge	Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI	up to 3.40.1	—	No fix listed	CNA

Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI Vendorstevejburge Affected up to 3.40.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:taxopress:taxopress::::::wordpress::*	before 3.41.0	Vulnerable	stevejburge

cpe:2.3:a:taxopress:taxopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.41.0 Vulnerable ·stevejburge

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13354
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vpf5-h5rh-88hf

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/TaxoPress/TaxoPress/commit/5eb2cee861ebd109152eea968aca0259c078c8b0

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05c1ee52-02c9-440b-9269-14ea8b73be45?source=cve

TI-2025-00527 AI Autotagger < 3.30.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5
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

Sources

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