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CVE-2025-13922

6.5 · MEDIUM

The Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based blind SQL Injection via the 'existing_terms_orderby' parameter in the AI preview…

Published Dec 6, 2025CWE-89EPSS 0.29%

Overview

CVE-2025-13922 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 6, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

The Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based blind SQL Injection via the 'existing_terms_orderby' parameter in the AI preview AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 3.40.1. This is due to insufficient escaping on user-supplied parameters and lack of SQL query parameterization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above who have AI metabox permissions, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database, cause performance degradation, or enable data inference through time-based techniques.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-tags/tags/3.40.1/inc/class.admin.php#L1406Refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-tags/tags/3.40.1/modules/taxopress-ai/classes/TaxoPressAiAjax.php#L180Refplugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3408243%40simple-tags%2Ftrunk&old=3388829%40simple-tags%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file17Refresearch.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-13922/Refwww.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f40cc632-c6af-4c8b-a455-76319f7fe151?source=cve

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-13922?

CVE-2025-13922 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 6, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-13922?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-13922?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2025-13922?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2025-13922 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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