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
References
Classification
Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Deadbee
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
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)