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CVE-2025-11972 — Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms [simple-tags] < 3.40.1

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2025-11972 Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms [simple-tags] < 3.40.1 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Medium 4.9 < 3.40.1 3.40.1 2025-11-07 —

CVE-2025-11972

A WordPress plugin called Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI has a critical security flaw in versions up to 3.40.0. The problem arises because user input is not properly sanitized before being inserted into database queries, allowing attackers with Editor-level access or higher to inject malicious SQL code that can extract confidential data from the WordPress database.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

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