TI-2025-12211 Aliases CVE-2025-13359 GHSA-q5c3-w3j7-4hxr

Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection

LOW 29CWE-89Published 2025-12-03 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

The Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the "getTermsForAjax" function in all versions up to, and including, 3.40.1. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameters and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database granted they have metabox access for the taxonomy (enabled by default for contributors).

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00368 30th 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
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-2025-13359
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q5c3-w3j7-4hxr

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/TaxoPress/TaxoPress/commit/1097a22181aa10ce55cc9cd5fa8495f7494e18ea

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9bebdc0-1625-4dc4-8c92-37f379868cd5?source=cve

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

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