CVE-2025-14057 Cross-site scripting in Multi-column Tag Map
Administrators can inject scripts via settings in Multi-column Tag Map, affecting multi-site or unfiltered_html disabled installations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14057?
CVE-2025-14057 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in tugbucket Multi-column Tag Map, published on 7 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Multi-column Tag Map plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 17.0.39 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, 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
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14057?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14057?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14057 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-14057 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14057 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mcph-7hqh-4gc6.