CVE-2025-13354 is an authorization bypass vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 3.40.1 of the Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI plugin for WordPress. The flaw, residing in the "taxopress_merge_terms_batch" function, allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to merge or delete arbitrary taxonomy terms due to insufficient authorization checks. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring low privileges, with a potential impact of low integrity. There is no confidentiality or availability impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. The CVE has minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting low public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.41.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:taxopress:taxopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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