WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
TaxoPress < 3.42.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Tag Modification
Description
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.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Dmitrii Ignatyev
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-01-05 (about 5 months ago)
Added
2026-01-05 (about 5 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-02-13 (about 4 months ago)