Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI SQL Injection Vulnerability

A time-based SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in the Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions through 3.40.1. The vulnerability arises from inadequate escaping of user-supplied parameters and insufficient preparation of the SQL query in the 'getTermsForAjax' function. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject additional SQL queries into existing ones, potentially leading to the extraction of sensitive database information, provided they have metabox access for the taxonomy, which is typically enabled by default for contributors.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for time-based SQL injection, where an attacker can manipulate SQL queries to extract sensitive information from the database.

Reproduction

To reproduce this vulnerability, an authenticated user with contributor-level access or higher can use the 'getTermsForAjax' function without proper input sanitization. The injection can be timed to extract data, taking advantage of the SQL query manipulation.

Remediation

Users are advised to update the Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI plugin to version 3.41.0 or later.