CVE-2025-13359

Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI <= 3.40.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection

The Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the "getTermsForAjax" function in all versions up to, and including, 3.40.1. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameters and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database granted they have metabox access for the taxonomy (enabled by default for contributors).

We have discovered 4,787 live websites that are affected by CVE-2025-13359.

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Affected Software

Product  Simple Tags
Category Wordpress Plugins
Vulnerable Domains4,787 live websites (37% of Simple Tags install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 3.40.1
Vulnerable Versions Count91 versions ( 96% of all versions)


Common Weakness Enumeration

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



Details

  • Published - Dec 3, 2025
  • Updated - Apr 8, 2026

Credits

  • M Indra Purnama (finder)

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2025-13359
United States1,492 websites


Japan481 websites
Germany424 websites
Russia348 websites
France332 websites
Italy322 websites
GB108 websites
Spain101 websites
Poland88 websites
Netherlands85 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2025-13359
.com2,090 websites
.net285 websites
.ru252 websites
.it237 websites
.de231 websites
.org230 websites
.fr129 websites
.jp114 websites
.nl71 websites
.info70 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red

Websites affected by CVE-2025-13359

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FAQ

CVE-2025-13359 is Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') in Simple Tags
A total of 4,787 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2025-13359, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The Simple Tags is affected by the CVE-2025-13359 vulnerability.
Simple Tags versions up to and including 3.40.1 are vulnerable to CVE-2025-13359.