Medium severity · published Dec 3, 2025
CVE-2025-13359
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
6.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% 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-2025-13359
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13359
Patch
https://github.com/TaxoPress/TaxoPress/commit/1097a22181aa10ce55cc9cd5fa8495f7494e18ea
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9bebdc0-1625-4dc4-8c92-37f379868cd5?source=cve
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