CVE-2025-11972 (GCVE-0-2025-11972)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-08 03:27 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection
Summary
The Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'post_types' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.40.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-10 14:07 UTC
CWE
- CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stevejburge | Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 3.40.0
(semver)
|
guessed |
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