SQL Injection in AI Autotagger with OpenAI Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-11972

4.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Tag, Category, And Taxonomy Manager – Ai Autotagger With Openai
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 November 2025

What is CVE-2025-11972?

The AI Autotagger with OpenAI plugin for WordPress is susceptible to SQL Injection through the 'post_types' parameter. This vulnerability arises from inadequate escaping of user-supplied parameters and insufficient preparation of the SQL query. Authenticated attackers with Editor-level access or higher can manipulate existing queries, potentially allowing them to extract sensitive data from the database.

Affected Version(s)

Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI * <= 3.40.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://github.com/TaxoPress/TaxoPress/commit/fd350429734...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Naoya Takahashi
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CVE-2025-11972 : SQL Injection in AI Autotagger with OpenAI Plugin for WordPress