Vulnerability · Published Jan 6, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-14371TaxoPress <= 3.41.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Tag Modification

Medium 4.3

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A medium-severity missing authorization in Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI from stevejburge. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
stevejburge	Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI	0 – through 3.41.0

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Official description

Affected products (as reported)

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