CVE-2025-13359 Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
Authenticated contributors can exploit SQL injection in the AI Autotagger plugin to extract sensitive database information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13359?
CVE-2025-13359 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in stevejburge Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI, published on 3 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the "getTermsForAjax" function in all versions up to, and including, 3.40.1. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameters and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database granted they have metabox access for the taxonomy (enabled by default for contributors).
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13359?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Taxopress Taxopress.
How do I fix CVE-2025-13359?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13359 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2025-13359 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13359 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in stevejburge Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI
- CVE-2023-2168 TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2023-2169 TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2023-2170 TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2021-24444 TaxoPress < 3.0.7.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2025-13354 Missing authorization in Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q5c3-w3j7-4hxr.