Taxonomy Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager Plugin up to 3.29.x on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Taxonomy Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager Plugin up to 3.29.x on WordPress. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-0627. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability has been found in Taxonomy Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager Plugin up to 3.29.x on WordPress and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The WordPress Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager WordPress plugin before 3.30.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its Widgets settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

The weakness was published by Dmitrii Ignatyev. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-0627 since 01/21/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 3.30.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Taxonomy

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• Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager Plugin

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.14
• 3.15
• 3.16
• 3.17
• 3.18
• 3.19
• 3.20
• 3.21
• 3.22
• 3.23
• 3.24
• 3.25
• 3.26
• 3.27
• 3.28
• 3.29

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