PublishPress Taxonomies: known security problems
16 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 16 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 3.52.0 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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Someone with an editor account on your site could in some setups, take over your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.51.0
- Fixed in
- 3.52.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.52.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-74012
- Report title
- Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms <= 3.51.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) PHP Object Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.50.0
- Fixed in
- 3.51.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.51.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-15231
- Report title
- TaxoPress <= 3.50.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Private Post Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an editor account on your site could read or change the data in your site’s database (up to and including 3.44.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.44.0
- Fixed in
- 3.45.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.45.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-42646
- Report title
- TaxoPress <= 3.44.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.41.0
- Fixed in
- 3.42.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.42.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-14371
- Report title
- TaxoPress <= 3.41.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Tag Modification
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could read or change the data in your site’s database (up to and including 3.40.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.40.1
- Fixed in
- 3.41.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.41.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-13922
- Report title
- Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via ORDER BY Clause
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.40.1
- Fixed in
- 3.41.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.41.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-13354
- Report title
- Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Taxonomy Term Manipulation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could read or change the data in your site’s database (up to and including 3.40.1) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.40.1
- Fixed in
- 3.41.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.41.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-13359
- Report title
- Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an editor account on your site could read or change the data in your site’s database (up to and including 3.40.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.40.0
- Fixed in
- 3.40.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.40.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-11972
- Report title
- Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.37.2
- Fixed in
- 3.37.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.37.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-55710
- Report title
- Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.37.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.32.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.32.0
- Fixed in
- 3.33.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.33.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-0627
- Report title
- WordPress Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger <= 3.32.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.12.0
- Fixed in
- 3.20.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.20.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-2830
- Report title
- WordPress Tag and Category Manager – AI Autotagger <= 3.13.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an editor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.6.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.6.4
- Fixed in
- 3.6.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.6.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-2168
- Report title
- TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an editor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.6.4) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.6.4
- Fixed in
- 3.6.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.6.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-2169
- Report title
- TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an editor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.6.4) (3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.6.4
- Fixed in
- 3.6.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.6.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-2170
- Report title
- TaxoPress <= 3.6.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.4.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.4.4
- Fixed in
- 3.4.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.4.5 or newer.
- Report title
- TaxoPress <= 3.4.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.0.7.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.0.7.1
- Fixed in
- 3.0.7.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update PublishPress Taxonomies to version 3.0.7.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24444
- Report title
- TaxoPress <= 3.0.7.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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