CVE-2025-11972

Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection

The Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'post_types' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.40.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

We have discovered 4,321 live websites that are affected by CVE-2025-11972.

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Affected Software

Product  Simple Tags
Category Wordpress Plugins
Vulnerable Domains4,321 live websites (34% of Simple Tags install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 3.40
Vulnerable Versions Count90 versions ( 95% of all versions)


Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')



Details

  • Published - Nov 8, 2025
  • Updated - Apr 8, 2026

Credits

  • Naoya Takahashi (finder)

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2025-11972
United States1,363 websites


Japan442 websites
Germany377 websites
Russia330 websites
France304 websites
Italy293 websites
Spain95 websites
GB86 websites
Poland78 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2025-11972
.com1,885 websites
.net268 websites
.ru237 websites
.it218 websites
.de209 websites
.org207 websites
.fr119 websites
.jp103 websites
.info65 websites
.nl61 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red

Websites affected by CVE-2025-11972

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FAQ

CVE-2025-11972 is Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') in Simple Tags
A total of 4,321 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2025-11972, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The Simple Tags is affected by the CVE-2025-11972 vulnerability.
Simple Tags versions up to and including 3.40 are vulnerable to CVE-2025-11972.