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TaxoPress <= 3.4.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

  • Disclosed: 07.02.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

The TaxoPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including 3.4.4 due to missing input and output sanitization of some user generated URLs.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
WordPress plugin PublishPress Taxonomies – Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms <= 3.4.4 3.4.5

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
WordPress
Package
PublishPress Taxonomies – Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms
Disclosed
07.02.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

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Vulnerability history: PublishPress Taxonomies – Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms

All published vulnerabilities of this package (WordPress plugin), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (16) in the archive
Total entries
16
First → latest
06.2021 08.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Medium 16

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms <= 3.51.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) PHP Object Injection
    Medium · 6.6 CVE-2026-74012 <= 3.51.0 3.52.0
  2. TaxoPress <= 3.50.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Private Post Disclosure
    Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-15231 <= 3.50.0 3.51.0
  3. TaxoPress <= 3.44.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection
    Medium · 4.9 CVE-2026-42646 <= 3.44.0 3.45.0
  4. TaxoPress <= 3.41.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Tag Modification
    Medium · 4.3 CVE-2025-14371 <= 3.41.0 3.42.0
  5. Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via ORDER BY Clause
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2025-13922 <= 3.40.1 3.41.0
  6. Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Taxonomy Term Manipulation
    Medium · 4.3 CVE-2025-13354 <= 3.40.1 3.41.0
  7. Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2025-13359 <= 3.40.1 3.41.0
  8. Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection
    Medium · 4.9 CVE-2025-11972 <= 3.40.0 3.40.1
  9. Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.37.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure
    Medium · 4.3 CVE-2025-55710 <= 3.37.2 3.37.3
  10. WordPress Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger <= 3.32.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Medium · 4.4 CVE-2025-0627 <= 3.32.0 3.33.0
  11. WordPress Tag and Category Manager – AI Autotagger <= 3.13.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
    Medium · 6.4 CVE-2024-2830 <= 3.12.0 3.20.0
  12. TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Medium · 5.5 CVE-2023-2170 <= 3.6.4 3.6.5
  13. TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Medium · 5.5 CVE-2023-2169 <= 3.6.4 3.6.5
  14. TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Medium · 5.5 CVE-2023-2168 <= 3.6.4 3.6.5
  15. TaxoPress <= 3.4.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting this entry
    Medium · 6.1 423627a6-623d-462c-a767-cf021566d9e1 <= 3.4.4 3.4.5
  16. TaxoPress <= 3.0.7.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Medium · 5.5 CVE-2021-24444 <= 3.0.7.1 3.0.7.2

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