# CVE-2024-9590: Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Authenticated editors can inject arbitrary scripts via image meta fields in this WordPress plugin, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xcmp-v444-vq94

## What is CVE-2024-9590?

CVE-2024-9590 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in amu02aftab Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields, published on 22 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the image meta field value in the 'wpaft_add_meta_textinput' function in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with editor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9590?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Aftabhusain Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9590?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9590 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9590 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9590 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-2024-9588](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9588/): Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields <= 1.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Taxonomy Meta Add/Delete (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9590 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9590 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in amu02aftab Category and Taxonomy Meta Fields, published on 22 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9590 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-2024-9590/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9590/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9590
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9590
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9590

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9590/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.