# CVE-2024-9588: Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields <= 1.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Taxonomy Meta Add/Delete

> Attackers can trick administrators into adding or deleting taxonomy meta via CSRF, requiring user interaction to modify site data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gxw9-j8r3-33w6

## What is CVE-2024-9588?

CVE-2024-9588 is a medium-severity vulnerability in amu02aftab Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields, published on 22 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'wpaft_option_page' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add and delete taxonomy meta, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9588?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Aftabhusain Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9588?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9588 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9588 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9588 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in amu02aftab Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields

- [CVE-2024-9589](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9589/): Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2024-9590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9590/): Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9588 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9588 is a medium-severity vulnerability in amu02aftab Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields, published on 22 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9588 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: amu02aftab Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9588/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9588/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9588
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9588
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9588

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9588/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.