Medium severity · published Dec 3, 2025
CVE-2025-13354
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Taxonomy Term Manipulation
4.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TC
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI · stevejburge
through 3.40.1 · source: vendor
TA
Taxopress · Taxopress
before 3.41.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
TC
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI
stevejburge
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13354
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13354
Patch
https://github.com/TaxoPress/TaxoPress/commit/5eb2cee861ebd109152eea968aca0259c078c8b0
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05c1ee52-02c9-440b-9269-14ea8b73be45?source=cve
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