TaxoPress <= 3.41.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Tag Modification
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 unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the taxopress_ai_add_post_term function in all versions up to, and including, 3.41.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to add or remove taxonomy terms (tags, categories) on any post, including ones they do not own.
Why it matters now
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 3.41.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI Vendorstevejburge Affected up to 3.41.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:taxopress:taxopress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | stevejburge |
- cpe:2.3:a:taxopress:taxopress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·stevejburge
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14371
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-69m7-6xqg-m79v
References
More stevejburge vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-00527 AI Autotagger < 3.30.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5
- TI-2026-52002 WordPress TaxoPress plugin <= 3.51.0 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-12724 SQL injection in stevejburge Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- 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-2024-02640 Cross-site scripting in stevejburge Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2022-04562 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-14371 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14371 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-69m7-6xqg-m79v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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