WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Tainacan < 1.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Metadata Section Creation

Description

The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized metadata section creation due to missing authorization checks in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to the `create_item_permissions_check()` function unconditionally returning true, which bypasses authentication and authorization validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary metadata sections for any collection via the public REST API granted they can access the WordPress site.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.0.2

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Deadbee
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-12-20 (about 9 months ago)
Added
2025-12-20 (about 9 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-12-21 (about 9 months ago)

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