CVE-2025-14371
TaxoPress <= 3.41.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Tag Modification
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-862 |
| Vendor | stevejburge |
| Product | tag, category, and taxonomy manager – ai autotagger with openai |
| Published | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
stevejburge / Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI
0 ≤ 3.41.0
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ef51ffb-df1e-442d-abc8-3a0308099a0b?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-tags/tags/3.40.1/modules/taxopress-ai/classes/TaxoPressAiAjax.php#L681 research.cleantalk.org: https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-14371/
Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev